Gay Talese

Gay Talese
Talese in 2006
Born	Gaetano Talese (1932-02-07) February 7, 1932 (age 93) Ocean City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist
Alma mater	University of Alabama
Genre	Literary journalism, New Journalism
Years active	1961–present
Notable works	"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (1966) Honor Thy Father (1971) Thy Neighbor's Wife (1981)
Spouse	Nan Ahearn ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	2

Gaetano "Gay" Talese (/təˈliːz/; born February 7, 1932)^[1] is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, he helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe, one of the pioneers of New Journalism.^[2] Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}