His first wife, Martha Kaplan, a deputy New Jersey state attorney general, with whom he had two daughters, died in 1978.

Kwitny was also the author of several books on subjects which ranged from the Nugan Hand Bank scandal to a biography of Pope John Paul II.

[3] The show was carried on the PBS network and won the Polk Award for television investigative reporting in 1989,[4] but was canceled that same year.

[1] Kwitny was the author of a number of non-fiction books, including a biography of Pope John Paul II.

When Kwitny met John Paul in the Vatican for a private audience in 1998, the Pope's first comment to him was, "I have read your book.