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Richard Lamparski (1932-2025) Writer. Richard Lamparski was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Santa Barbara, California. He wrote 11 volumes of a “Whatever Became Of …?” series.

Full Name

Richard Lamparski

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1932

Birth

Richard Lamparski was born Richard Lynch in Detroit, Michigan, on October 5, 1932.

1960

Residence

New York County: Mr. Lamparski moved to New York in 1960 and lived in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.

1967-1989

Literary Work

Mr. Lamparski published eleven volumes of “Whatever Became Of…?” between 1967 and 1989.

1967

Literary Work

Whatever Became of...? Series 1
Crown Publishers
Nonfiction.

1968

Literary Work

Whatever Became of...?: Second Series
Crown Publishers
0517507773 / 9780517507773
Nonfiction.

1971

Literary Work

Whatever Became Of. . .? Third Series
Crown Publishers
Nonfiction.

1973

Literary Work

Whatever became of ...? Fourth series
Crown Publishers
0517504251 / 9780517504253
Nonfiction.

1975

Literary Work

Whatever Became of ---? Fifth series
Crown Publishers
0517516853 / 9780517516850
Nonfiction.

1981

Literary Work

Lamparski's Hidden Hollywood
Simon & Schuster
0671418858 / 978-0671418854
Nonfiction.

1982

Literary Work

Whatever Became Of . . . ? Eighth Series
Crown Publishers
051754346X / 9780517543467
Nonfiction.

1984

Literary Work

Whatever Became of...? Ninth Series
Crown Publishers
0517555417 / 9780517555415
Nonfiction.

1986

Literary Work

Whatever Became of . . . ? All New Tenth Series
Crown Publishers
0517562286 / 9780517562284
Nonfiction.

2006

Literary Work

Hollywood Diary: Twelve Untold Tales
BearManor Media
979-8887713199
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Richard Lamparski died in a nursing home in Santa Barbara, California, on November 8, 2025.

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