Birth Name: Morris S. Schwartz
Date of Birth: December 20, 1916
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Death: November 4, 1995
Place of Death: Newton, Massachusetts
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Morrie Schwartz was an American sociology professor, teaching at Brandeis University, and an author. His father, Charlie Schwartz, was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Morrie was an agnostic Jew who took different philosophies from different religions, like Christianity and Buddhism, according to the book Tuesdays with Morrie.
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