Levin is the author of several books, including The Alienated Voter: Politics in Boston (1960), two books on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.), and Talk Radio and the American Dream (1987).
After retiring from B.U. in 1990, Levin taught at the Harvard Extension School and spent a few years teaching under-privileged students in Boston. This experience inspired his most recent book, Teach Me: Kids Will Learn When Oppression Is the Lesson (1998).
Levin's funeral takes place today at 11 a.m. in the Levine Chapel in Brookline. Friends and colleagues plan to set up a Murray Levin Scholarship fund for under-privileged children to continue his legacy.
Levin is survived by his wife, Helen; a son, Joshua; and three stepchildren, Seth, Jessica and Jacob Goldstein, a Harvard senior.