Donald Jerome Raphael Bruckner (November 26, 1933 – September 20, 2013) was an American columnist, critic, and journalist, whose work landed him on the master list of Nixon's political opponents.Bruckner was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Merton College, Oxford and became a theatre critic for The New York Times where he was on staff from 1981 to 2005.
Bruckner died in Manhattan on September 20, 2013, aged 79.