Walter Jacobson was born on July 28, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for Death of a President (2006), Lincoln Is Crying: The Grifters, Grafters, and Governors of Illinois (2020) and The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago (2020). He has been married to Susan Graham since March 1995. He was previously married to Diane Marie Dybsky and Lynn Madlon Straus.