Death and Legacy
Seldes died on July 2, 1995 at age 104 in Windsor, Vermont. A delegation of journalists attended the memorial service at his home in Hartland, Vermont and read from his books.
Seldes' life and work were the subject of a 1996 documentary film, Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press.
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