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Jerry Hopkins (1935–2018)

Forfatter af No One Here Gets Out Alive

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Jerry Hopkins was born Elisha Gerald Hopkins in Camden, New Jersey on November 9, 1935. He received a bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He wrote for The Twin-City Sentinel in Winston-Salem, The Village Voice in New vis mere York, and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. In the early 1960s he was a writer-producer for PM East, a television talk show hosted by Mike Wallace, and a talent booker for the syndicated Steve Allen Show. In 1966, Hopkins and a partner opened Headquarters, a shop that sold drug paraphernalia in Los Angeles. He was also writing freelance articles for various publications when he responded to a 1967 ad in an early issue of Rolling Stone asking for submissions of music reviews. He became a music writer for Rolling Stone magazine and became the magazine's London correspondent in 1972. He wrote for Rolling Stone for about 20 years. He wrote several biographies of musicians including Elvis: A Biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive with Danny Sugerman, and Behind Closed Doors. He also wrote books and articles about exotic food, sex, travel, hula, and Hawaiian musical instruments. His memoir, The Ultimate Fish, was published in 2014 and focuses on his relationship with a transgender prostitute. He died of heart failure on June 3, 2018 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Værker af Jerry Hopkins

No One Here Gets Out Alive (1980) 1,790 eksemplarer
Elvis: A Biography (1971) 80 eksemplarer
Elvis: The Final Years (1980) 48 eksemplarer
Bowie (1985) 39 eksemplarer
Thailand Confidential (2005) 38 eksemplarer
Yoko Ono (1986) 31 eksemplarer
Fax to Da Max (1985) 20 eksemplarer
The Rock Story (1970) 15 eksemplarer
Groupies and Other Girls (1500) — Forfatter — 14 eksemplarer
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1996) 13 eksemplarer
Elvis in Hawaii (2002) 10 eksemplarer
The Hula (1982) 10 eksemplarer
Jim Morrison (2010) 8 eksemplarer
Jim (1981) 6 eksemplarer
Poems (Everyman Poetry) (1999) 4 eksemplarer
Aloha Elvis (2007) 3 eksemplarer
Especially For You (2008) 2 eksemplarer
The Westin Maui Collection (1989) — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
Behind Closed Doors (2013) 2 eksemplarer
L.a. Book Of Lists (1987) 1 eksemplar
Jerry Hopkins 1 eksemplar

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The Doors : the illustrated history (1983) — Forord — 120 eksemplarer
Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison (1998) — Forord, nogle udgaver56 eksemplarer

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