Bill Zehme - Wikipedia
Bill Zehme (October 28, 1958 – March 26, 2023) was an American author who was known for his writing on music and popular culture. He collaborated on books with such celebrities as Regis Philbin, Jay Leno, and Hugh Hefner. His articles appeared in Rolling Stone, Esquire, Playboy, and Vanity Fair. [1][2][3][4] He won a National Magazine award ...
Bill Zehme, Author With a Knack for Humanizing the Famous, …
Mar 28, 2023 · Bill Zehme, whose biographies and magazine profiles humanized the celebrities he described as “intimate strangers” — the “shy, succinct” Johnny Carson; the “blank” Warren Beatty; Frank Sinatra,...
Bill Zehme, Biographer and Rolling Stone Writer, Dead at 64
Mar 26, 2023 · Bill Zehme — the last person to interview Johnny Carson, a biographer of Frank Sinatra and Andy Kaufman, and author of many Rolling Stone celebrity cover stories — died Sunday after a long...
Losing Bill Zehme: David Letterman, Sharon Stone, and More on …
Mar 28, 2023 · Biographer Bill Zehme died before completing his magnum opus, Carson the Magnificent. Then his former research assistant Mike Thomas stepped in to take the project over the finish line.
The Heart and Soul of Bill Zehme - Esquire
Mar 30, 2023 · Bill Zehme, who wrote soulful and hilarious magazine profiles of show-business personalities from the ’80s through the aughts, turning a tired formula into something vastly smarter and more...
Bill Zehme Dies: Author Of Frank Sinatra, Andy Kaufman
Mar 26, 2023 · Author Bill Zehme, the last person to interview Johnny Carson and biographer of Frank Sinatra and Andy Kaufman, has died. He was 65 and passed in Chicago after a long battle with colorectal...
Bill Zehme, author with a knack for humanizing the famous, dies …
Bill Zehme, whose biographies and magazine profiles humanized the celebrities he described as “intimate strangers” — the “shy, succinct” Johnny Carson; the “blank” Warren Beatty; Frank Sinatra, whose “battle cry” was “fun with everything, and I mean fun!” — died on Sunday in Chicago. He was 64.
Bill Zehme dead; Chicago author wrote books on ... - Chicago Sun …
Mar 27, 2023 · Bill Zehme, master of the celebrity profile, journalism’s ‘bastard stepchild,’ dies at 64. Chicago author Bill Zehme had a genius for writing celebrity profiles and making friends. He wrote biographies of Frank Sinatra, Andy Kaufman and Jay Leno. By Neil Steinberg. Updated Mar 26, 2023, 4:53pm PST.
Book Review: ‘Carson the Magnificent,’ by Bill Zehme with Mike …
Nov 3, 2024 · A new biography about an old reliable, Bill Zehme’s “Carson the Magnificent” harks back to an era when doom and scroll were biblical nouns and Carson’s “Tonight Show” was a clear ...
Bill Zehme, who elevated celebrity profiles to an art form, dies at 64
Mar 30, 2023 · Mr. Zehme, the grand bard of magazine celebrity profiles, was visiting Stone, who was sometimes naked in her starring roles, at her Las Vegas home for a profile in Esquire. She scheduled a...
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