The Last Days of Dead Celebrities - Softcover

Fink, Mitchell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401360254 ISBN 13: 9781401360252

Publisher: Miramax, 2007

Synopsis

Profiled on ABC's The View, Good Morning America, and dozens of other national outlets, The Last Days of Dead Celebrities captured our imagination with its intelligent, intimate reporting.

John Lennon, Lucille Ball, Orson Welles, Ted Williams, John Denver -- these are just a few of the fifteen celebrities profiled here, each passing in a way that was as unique and distinctive as the life of the individual. Some slipped quietly into the night -- Welles died peacefully in bed with his typewriter still balanced on his stomach -- while others met a more shocking and violent end, as did Lennon and Tupac Shakur.

Working with an extraordinary level of access, exclusive material, and the cooperation of the stars family and friends, Mitchell Fink sets the record straight on these very human, very vulnerable public figures.

About this title

About the Author:

Mitchell Fink, an internationally recognized journalist, has been a columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, People, and the New York Daily News. He has appeared regularly on television for Fox News, CNN, and CBS. His previous book, Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 was a New York Times bestseller.

From Publishers Weekly:

Despite his book's coarse title, journalist Fink (Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001) treats his subjects with considerable grace in this intriguing collection accounting for a handful of celebrities' final days. Fink covers his subjects chronologically-beginning with the 1980 death of John Lennon-and occasionally references how the death of one personality affected another (as in the case of a mournful Yoko Ono). A veteran journalist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, People magazine and the New York Daily News, Fink avoids the tabloid treatment and goes out of his way to attribute his quotes and gather background information from those who were there. The diversity of his choices gives weight to the book as well; larger-than-life personalities such as John Lennon and John Belushi commingle with football player Lyle Alzado, news correspondent David Bloom and musician Warren Zevon. Some, like legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg, had premonitions of their deaths, while others, like Belushi, were taken by surprise and all too soon. The result is a thoughtful and sobering account of how our culture views and treats celebrities, as well as a poignant look at some very public people's most private moments.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Miramax
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1401360254
• ISBN 13: 9781401360252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352