“He was one of my heroes growing up,” says the 11-time N.B.A. All-Star and author of “Letters to a Young Athlete.” “Any morsel of knowledge that he shared should be treasured.”
Midnight Run and Heartbreak Kid star Charles Grodin dies aged 86
18 May, 2021 09:00 PM
6 minutes to read Actor/comedian Charles Grodin pictured in 1994. He died from bone marrow cancer aged 86. Photo / AP Actor/comedian Charles Grodin pictured in 1994. He died from bone marrow cancer aged 86. Photo / AP
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Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in The Heartbreak Kid and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro s counterpart in the comic thriller Midnight Run to the bedeviled father in the Beethoven comedies, has died. He was 86.
Grodin died Tuesday in Wilton, Connecticut, from bone marrow cancer, his son, Nicholas Grodin, said.
MP Kanimozhi paying tribute at the funeral of the writer | Photo Credit:
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People from various walks of life paid floral tributes; Ministers, MPs and officials were at the funeral in the writer’s home town of Idaiseval, near Kovilpatti
The mortal remains of Tamil writer Ki. Rajanarayanan, who passed away in Puducherry on Tuesday, were consigned to the flames with state honours, at his family farm in his birthplace, Idaiseval, near Kovilpatti on Wednesday afternoon.
After the body was brought to his home from Puducherry on Tuesday night, people from various walks of life paid floral tributes and tearful farewells to the writer.
Philip Roth Biography Finds a New Publisher
Skyhorse said it would release the paperback and digital versions of the book, which had been taken out of print following sexual assault allegations against its author, Blake Bailey.
“Philip Roth: The Biography,” originally published in April before Norton took it out of print, will be released again, this time by Skyhorse.Credit.Skyhorse Publishing, via Associated Press
May 17, 2021Updated 1:32 p.m. ET
Just three weeks after W.W. Norton dropped its Philip Roth biography, following accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against its author, Blake Bailey, the book has found a new home.