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Vance Trimble, who won Pulitzer Prize by exposing congressional corruption, dies at 107

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Vance H. Trimble, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for exposing nepotism and hidden payrolls in Congress, is shown at age 106. (Emily Siddiqui)

Vance H. Trimble, a journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for exposing rampant nepotism, hidden payrolls and financial self-dealing among members of Congress, died June 16 at his home in Wewoka, Okla. He was 107.

The death was confirmed by the Stout-Phillips Funeral Home in Wewoka. The cause was not disclosed.