William J. Lederer, co-author of The Ugly American, has passed away from respiratory failure at age 97. Lederer died on December 5 in Baltimore, Maryland, but the family delayed reporting the news of his death until arrangements could be made for a military funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lederer was the author of several books, including All the Ship’s at Sea, Ensign O’Toole and Me, A Nation of Sheep, and Our Own Worst Enemy, but was best known for The Ugly American, which was made into a movie starring Marlon Brando in 1963.
Lederer was born March 31, 1912.
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