Neil Sheehan

Cornelius Mahoney "Neil" Sheehan (October 27, 1936 – January 7, 2021) was an American journalist. He worked for "The New York Times" in 1971. Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and led to a Supreme Court case.
He received a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his 1988 book "A Bright Shining Lie". He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Sheehan died at his Washington, D.C. home on January 7, 2021 from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, aged 84.