Gerold Frank
American author, ghostwriter (1907–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerold Frank (August 2, 1907 – September 17, 1998) was an American writer and ghostwriter. He wrote several celebrity memoirs and was considered a pioneer of the "as told to" form of (auto)biography. His two best-known books,[citation needed] however, are The Boston Strangler (1966), which was adapted as the 1968 movie starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda, and An American Death (1972), about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Not to be confused with Gerry Frank.
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Born | (1907-08-02)August 2, 1907 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | September 17, 1998(1998-09-17) (aged 91) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Ohio State University |
Notable awards | Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime (x2) |
Spouse | Lilian Frank |
Children | 2 |
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