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(1940-2016) Author. Michael Herr was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and died in Delaware County, New York.

Full Name

Michael Herr

Locations

Onondaga

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Herr's family moved to Syracuse, New York, when he was still an infant.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Herr attended Syracuse University, but dropped out before graduating.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Herr lived near Delhi, New York, at the time of his death.

1940

BIRTH

Michael David Herr was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on April 13, 1940.

1977

LITWORK

Dispatches
Alfred A. Knopf
0394417887 / 978-0394417882
Nonfiction novel.

1979

LITWORK

Apocalypse Now


Screenplay for which Mr. Herr contributed to the narration.

1987

LITWORK

Full Metal Jacket


Screenplay written with Stanley Kubrick and gustav Hasford.

1990

LITWORK

Walter Winchell
Knopf
0394583728 / 978-0394583723
Novel.

2000

LITWORK

Kubrick
Grove Press
0802116701 / 978-0802116703
Memoir.

2016

DEATH

Michael Herr died at a hospital near his home in Delaware County, New York, on June 23, 2016.

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