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This June, after completing his final book, Big Trouble, Lukas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, committed suicide.
"I hope that in telling this big story I've helped illuminate the class question at a time when the gap between our richest and poorest citizens grows ever wider," Lukas wrote in the author's note in the book.
Though the murder took place in 1905, Halberstam emphasized the relevance of Lukas's book to today. He said that the eight years of work on the book took a toll on Lukas, who suffered from clinical depression.
"Lukas was a person who was significantly undermined by the demons who bothered him," Halberstam said.
As two young reporters, Halberstam and Lukas met at The Crimson 45 years ago, and they worked together at The New York Times for many years.