He was 93 and died from cancer, according to his son, Jamie Kitman.

Kitman began writing for Long Island, NYs Newsday in December 1969.

Over the next 35 years, he produced 5,786 columns.

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In 1982, Kitman was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism.

His last column was published on April 1, 2005.

His last was Gullibles Travels: A Comical History of the Trump Era, published in 2020.

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Survivors include wife Carolyne Sibushnick, his son, Jamie, daughters Suzy Kitman and A.J.

Knight, and three grandchildren.