Jack O'Brian
Jack O'Brian | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Dennis Patrick O'Brian August 16, 1914 |
| Died | November 5, 2000 (aged 86) New York, New York |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Journalist for Buffalo Courier-Express, Associated Press, New York Journal American, WOR |
John Dennis Patrick O'Brian (August 16, 1914 – November 5, 2000) was an entertainment journalist best known for his longtime role as a television critic for New York Journal American.[citation needed]
Career[]
After the death of Dorothy Kilgallen, his colleague at the Journal American, in November 1965, O'Brian took over her old Voice of Broadway column.[1]
Personal and death[]
O'Brian was married to Yvonne Johnston, who died in 1996. They were the parents of two daughters, Bridget and Kate O'Brian, who was president of Al Jazeera America.[2]
References[]
- ^ Obituary in The New York Times, November 8, 2000; however, the article mistakenly cited 1967 as the year he assumed stewardship of the column.
- ^ "It's Summertime". New York Social Diary. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
External links[]
- *"The Man with the Popular Mind". Time. November 20, 1964. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
- Finding aid to the Jack O’Brian papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Categories:
- American television critics
- McCarthyism
- Writers from Buffalo, New York
- Writers from New York City
- 1914 births
- 2000 deaths
- 20th-century American writers
- 20th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- American journalist, 1910s birth stubs