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Pulitzer Historian Gordon Wood Killed in Supermarket Parking Accident

6/9/2026

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Gordon S. Wood, 92, died after a car hit him in an East Providence supermarket parking lot.
The driver cooperated with police, faces no charges, and the crash remains under investigation.
Wood, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian, had urged reflection on the 250th Declaration anniversary and denounced the New York Times’ 1619 Project as a victimhood narrative.

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Story summary

Gordon S. Wood, 92, died after a car hit him in an East Providence supermarket parking lot.
The driver cooperated with police, faces no charges, and the crash remains under investigation.
Wood, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian, had urged reflection on the 250th Declaration anniversary and denounced the New York Times’ 1619 Project as a victimhood narrative.