Philip Caputo: key obituary facts
Is Philip Caputo dead? Yes. Philip Caputo died on May 7, 2026, at age 84.
Cause of death: Philip Caputo's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Philip Caputo known for?
He was known as American novelist and journalist.
More about Philip Caputo
Born: 10 June 1941.
Place of birth: Chicago.
Place of death: Norwalk.
Gender: male.
Occupation: military officer, novelist, journalist, writer, veteran.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Loyola University Chicago, Fenwick High School.
Awards: The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism.
Occupations: Author, journalist.
Philip Caputo, an American author and journalist best known for the memoir A Rumor of War, died on May 7, 2026, at age 84.
Born in Westchester, Illinois, in 1941, he attended Loyola University Chicago and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1964.
He served in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. Caputo later joined the Chicago Tribune, where he worked as a journalist and was part of a reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for coverage of election fraud in Chicago. He wrote 19 books, including memoirs, nonfiction, novels and short-story collections.
Philip Caputo, 84, American author (A Rumor of War) and journalist.