Poet, Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 22 1967)


Video: 'Carl Sandburg: His Life, His Poetry, His Cause'

(Saturday, July 22, 1967, shortly after 9:00 a.m. EDT)Carl Sandburg, the snowyhaired poet, folk singer and biographer of Lincoln, died today of natural causes at his 240-acre goat ranch in Flat Rock, North Carolina. He was 89 years old.