Howard Zinn passes away at 87
American social historian and anti-war activist, Howard Zinn passed away of a heart attack on January 27, 2010 at the age of 87.
Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose book ``A People's History of the United States'' became a million-selling leftist alternative to mainstream texts, died Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87 and lived in Auburndale, Mass.