Michael Lindbenberger, a Kentucky native who was a longtime Courier Journal reporter and earned a Pulitzer Prize in May as an editorial writer for the Houston Chronicle, has died. He was 51.
He and three of his colleagues were recognized by the Pulitzer board for a series of editorials called “The Big Lie” that judges said "revealed voter suppression tactics, rejected the myth of widespread voter fraud and argued for sensible voting reforms."
The editorials exposed how Texas leaders used false claims to justify voter suppression and called on Sen. Ted Cruz to resign for his role in sowing doubt about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, the Pulitzer board said.
Lindenberger’s death comes just a few months after he was hired by the Kansas City Star as editorial page editor and a vice president.
"So many things were going right for him," said Chris Poynter, a former Courier Journal reporter and Lindenberger’s college roommate at Western Kentucky University.
Hudson Lindenberger, who was one of his four siblings, confirmed his death, in Kansas City.
“He had gotten to the pinnacle of where he wanted to be in his life,” Lindenberger said.
He said Michael, the youngest child, was adopted when he was 4 after living in a series of foster homes. Hudson said that fueled his interest in “social justice and calling out what is wrong with the world.”
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