Rich tosches biography
Rich tosches biography
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Nick Tosches
American writer (1949–2019)
Nicholas P. Tosches (; October 23, 1949 – October 20, 2019) was an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet.
His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, was praised by Rolling Stone magazine as "the best rock and roll biography ever written."[1][2]
Biography
Tosches was born in Newark, New Jersey, on October 23, 1949.[3] His grandfather emigrated from Italy to New York City in the late 19th century.[4] His grandparents were Arbëreshë from Casalvecchio di Puglia in Apulia.[5]
According to his own account, Tosches "barely finished high school".[2] He did not attend college but was published for the first time in Fusion magazine at 19 years old.[6] He also held a variety of jobs, including working as a porter for his family's business in New Jersey, as a paste-up artist for the Lovable underwear company in New York City,[6][7]