Arnold Richard Hirsch (March 9, 1949 – March 19, 2018) was an American historian who taught at theUniversity of New Orleans, where he served as Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Endowed Chair for New Orleans Studies.^[1][2]

Hirsch was born on March 9, 1949, and raised inRogers Park, Chicago. His father Nathan died when Hirsch was 13, after which his mother Mollie started working at a bank.^[3] Hirsch attendedSullivan High School, then earned undergraduate and advanced degrees in history from theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago. His graduate advisor wasGilbert Osofsky. He began teaching at theUniversity of New Orleans in 1978. Hirsch publishedMaking the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960. The book linked urban renewal in his hometown to racial segregation, and was partly inspired by theriots that took place after theassassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Hirsch retired in 2013, and moved back to Chicago, settling inOak Park. He died on March 19, 2018, ofLewy body dementia, aged 69.^[4][5]

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• Deaths from dementia in Illinois
• Deaths from Lewy body dementia
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