History & Culture. With German ancestry from his father and Scottish ancestry from his mother, millionaire real estate developer Donald Trump epitomizes the American immigrant experience.
Lewis died at 5:30 p.m. at The Kilns, one week before his 65th birthday on Friday, November 22, after a variety of illnesses, including a heart attack and kidney problems. He had resigned his position at Cambridge during the summer and was then elected an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Published: July 15, 1992. Oscar Lewis, one of the first historians to write seriously about the literary, cultural and social history of the American West, died at his home in San Francisco on Saturday. He was 99 years old. He died after two years of declining health, said his stepson, Addison Mooney of San Francisco.