- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Archibald Langewiesche
- Nickname
- The Steve McQueen of Journalism
- William Langewiesche was born on June 12, 1955 in Sharon, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Atomic (2025), Air Crash Investigation (2003) and American Experience (1988). He was married to Tia Cibani and Anne-Marie Girard. He died on June 15, 2025 in East Lyme, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesTia Cibani(2018 - June 15, 2025) (his death, 2 children)Anne-Marie Girard(1977 - 2017) (divorced, 2 children)
- From 2019 until his death he was a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine.
- Was a professional airplane pilot.
- Received a degree in cultural anthropology from Stanford University.
- After the attacks of 9/11 he was the only journalist given full unrestricted access to the World Trade Center site. He stayed there for nearly six months and produced "American Ground", a serialized report in The Atlantic Monthly. "American Ground" became a New York Times national bestselling book.
- Grew up in Princeton, New Jersey.
- [on crime in Italy] The thing about being murdered, it usually comes as a surprise. Even in Naples, where the criminal clans known collectively as Camorra are again struggling violently for control of the streets, no victim wakes up expecting on that given day to die. He shaves carefully, dresses in his beloved clothes, slips on an expensive watch, and maybe squeezes his wife before heading out to meet with his friends. If he suspected his fate, he might at least kiss his wife goodbye. But the neighborhood has been home for generations to everyone he knows who counts. He deals there in extortion, protection, narcotics, and counterfeit goods. he abides by alternative rules. Fo this he is respected. He rarely carries a gun. His experience until now has been that murder happens only to others. Then someone comes along and kills him.
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