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Jack Newfield (1938-2004) Journalist, writer.  Jack Newfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and was a graduate of Hunter College. He was a writer for The Village Voice for almost 25 years.

Full Name

Jack Newfield

Locations

KingsNassauNew York

Author's Timeline


1938

Birth

Kings County: Jack Abraham Newfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 18, 1938. As a child, he lived in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

1960

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Newfield received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Hunter College in 1960.

1971

Literary Work

Bread and Roses Too: Reporting About America
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company
0525031006 / 978-0525031000
Nonfiction.

1974

Literary Work

Cruel and Unusual Justice: From Incompetence to Corruption, The Failure of Our Courts and Prisons
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishers
Nonfiction.

1977

Literary Work

The Abuse of Power: The Permanent Government and the Fall of New York
Viking Adult
0670102040 / 978-0670102044
Nonfiction written with Paul Du Brul.

1981

Literary Work

The Permanent Government: Who Really Rules New York?
Pilgrim Press
0829804668 / 978-0829804669
Nonfiction written with Paul Du Brul.

1984

Literary Work

The Education of Jack Newfield
New York: Saint Martin’s Press
0312237391 / 978-0312237394
Nonfiction.

1988

Literary Work

City for Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York
HarperCollins
0060160608 / 978-0060160609
Nonfiction written with Wayne Barrett.

1995

Literary Work

Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King
New York: William Morrow & Company
0688101232 / 978-0688101237
Nonfiction.

2002

Literary Work

Somebody’s Gotta Tell It: The Upbeat Memoir of a Working-Class Journalist
New York: Saint Martin’s Press
0312269005 / 978-0312269005
Memoir.

2003

Literary Work

RFK: A Memoir
Nation Books
1560255315 / 978-1560255314
Biography.

2003

Literary Work

The Full Rudy: The Man, the Myth, the Mania
Nation Books
1560254823 / 978-1560254829
Nonfiction.

2004

Death

New York County: Jack Newfield died at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan, New York, on December 20, 2004.

2004

Interment

Nassau County: Jack Newfield was interred at Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York.

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