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(1926-2015) Journalist, biographer. Richard Meryman was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Manhattan, New York. He had been a writer and editor for Life magazine.

Full Name

Richard Meryman

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1926

BIRTH

Richard Sumner Meryman Jr. was born in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1926.

1971

LITWORK

Louis Armstrong: A Self-Portrait
The Eakins Press

Biography written with Louis Armstrong.

1978

LITWORK

Mank: The Wit, World, And Life Of Herman Mankiewicz
Morrow
0688033563 / 978-0688033569
Biography.

1980

LITWORK

Hope: A Loss Survived
Little Brown & Co
0316567868 / 978-0316567862
Nonfiction.

1984

LITWORK

Broken Promises, Mended Dreams
Little Brown & Co
0316567841 / 978-0316567848
Fiction.

1986

LITWORK

Enter Talking
Delacorte Press
0385294409 / 978-0385294409
Biography written with Joan Rivers.

1991

LITWORK

First Impressions: Andrew Wyeth
Harry N. Abrams
0810939568 / 978-0810939561
Biography.

1991

LITWORK

Still Talking
Random House, Inc.
0394579917 / 978-0394579917
Biography written with Joan Rivers.

1996

LITWORK

Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life
Harper
0060171138 / 978-0060171131
Biography.

2001

LITWORK

The Dublin Lake Club: A Centennial History
The Dublin Lake Club

2015

DEATH

Richard Meryman died in Manhattan, New York, on February 5, 2015.

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