Gene Polito, American cinematographer (Futureworld, Up in Smoke, Lost in Space), died from esophageal cancer he was , 92

Eugene "Gene" Emmanuel Polito was an American cinematographer, mechanical engineer and academic. His numerous of film and television credits included Futureworld, Up in Smoke and Lost in Space died from esophageal cancer he was , 92.

(September 13, 1918 - November 28, 2010)


Polito was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1918, the son of cinematographer Sol Polito and his wife, Frances Polito.^[1] Polito was just eight months old when his family moved to Los Angeles in 1919 so his father, Sol Polito, could continue working at Warner Brothers Studios.^[1]
Polito graduated from Loyola High School in Los Angeles.^[1] He attended Loyola University (now Loyola Marymount University), before earning his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California.^[1] Polito was employed as an engineer for aerospace manufacturer, Douglas Aircraft Company, during World War II.^[1]
Polito began his career as a cinematographer towards the end of World War II.^[1] His career ultimately spanned more than forty years and included hundreds of film and television productions.^[1] A member of the American Society of Cinematographers, Polito is credited with the invention of the "Polito Bracket," which film studio photographers now use as a mounting accessory for cameras.^[1] Polito became a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts when he was 62 years old.^[1]
Gene Polito died at his home in Irvine, California, on November 28, 2010, at the age 92, after a three year illness with esophageal cancer.^[1] He was survived by his wife, Lucy Polito, whom he had been married to for 66 years; nine children; his brother, Robert Polito; and nine great-grandchildren. His funeral was held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Irvine, California.^[1]

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Irvin Kershner, American film director (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again), died from lung cancer he was , 87

Irvin Kershner  was an American film director and occasional actor, best known for directing quirky, independent films early in his career, and then Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back died from  lung cancer he was , 87.

(April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010)

Background

Irvin Kershner's background was a mixture of music and art. The study of music (violin, viola, and composition) was the most important activity of his early years. He attended the Temple University – Tyler School of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Later, he went to New York and Provincetown to study with the famous painting teacher Hans Hofmann. He then moved to Los Angeles where he studied photography at the Art Center College of Design.
He began his film career at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, teaching photography and taking cinema courses under Slavko Vorkapić, a montage artist and then dean of the School. Kershner then accepted a job as still photographer on a State Department film project in Iran under the Point Four Program, which ultimately led to an assignment as a director and cinematographer of documentaries in Iran, Greece and Turkey with the United States Information Service.
When he returned to the States, he and Paul Coates (1921–1968) developed Confidential File, a documentary television series. Kershner worked as writer, director, cinematographer and editor. He later developed and directed the television series The Rebel (1959–61), as well as the pilots for Peyton Place, Cain's Hundred, Philip Marlowe, and others.



He then moved on to feature films, some of the best known of which are: Hoodlum Priest which starred Don Murray; The Luck of Ginger Coffey with Robert Shaw and Mare Ure; A Fine Madness (with Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward and Jean Seberg); The Flim-Flam Man starring George C. Scott; Up the Sandbox with Barbra Streisand; The Return of a Man Called Horse starring Richard Harris; the critically acclaimed TV movie Raid on Entebbe which was nominated for nine Emmys, including Best Direction; Eyes of Laura Mars starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones.
Kershner considered himself an internationalist. He has said "I've been a student of Christianity. I've been interested in the historical basis of the Muslim religion. I studied Buddhism. I don't think of myself as a Jew except by birth, as I don't follow the customs. I'm a Jew because other people consider me so. My pride is in being international."^[3] He has also said:

I'm afraid of patriotism. The world has gotten very small and cosmic awareness makes patriotism seem an adolescent notion, which is why immature minds are easily manipulated by it. I really believe that patriotism in its generally accepted sense means accepting social prejudices, and the fewer we have of them the freer we shall be.^[3]

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Kershner is best known as the director of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the immediate sequel of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Kershner was a surprising choice for such a movie; according to him, when he asked producer George Lucas:
"Of all the younger guys around, all the hot-shots, why me?"
Lucas replied, "Well, because you know everything a Hollywood director is supposed to know, but you're not Hollywood."
Kershner, who was an appealing directorial candidate to Lucas because of his focus on character development, was reluctant to direct the film. When asked by Lucas to work on the project over lunch, Kershner refused. Kershner's agent was told about the meeting and encouraged him to take the job. Of his cinematic style, Kershner has said, "I like to fill up the frame with the characters' faces. There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face."^[4]

Later work

After Empire, Kershner directed Never Say Never Again (Sean Connery's return to the role of James Bond); the HBO film Traveling Man starring John Lithgow and Jonathan Silverman; for which Kershner was nominated for an ACE Award; and RoboCop 2. He also directed several episodes of the television series seaQuest DSV, and he made his debut as an actor in the Martin Scorsese film, The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), playing Zebedee, the father of the apostles James and John. He played a film director in Steven Seagal's On Deadly Ground. He was a faculty member at the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California.^[5]

Death

Kershner died on November 27, 2010 at his home in Los Angeles after a three and a half year battle with lung cancer.^{[6] [7][8]} Despite being a director, Kershner had been working on photography before his death. ^[9]

 

 

 

Filmography

• Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
• The Young Captives (1959)
• Face in the Rain (1963)
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
• A Fine Madness (1966)
• The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
• Loving (1970)
• Up the Sandbox (1972)
• S*P*Y*S (1974)
• The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
• Raid on Entebbe (1977)
• Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (actor) (1988)
• RoboCop 2 (1990)
• SeaQuest DSV (TV series) (1993)

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Bill Werle, American baseball player (Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox). died from complications of Alzheimer's, he was , 89

William George Werle  was a left-handed major league baseball pitcher from Oakland, California. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox from 1949–1954. His nickname was Bugs. He threw and batted left-handed. His playing weight was 182 pounds.^[1]

(December 21, 1920 – November 27, 2010)

College pitcher

Werle pitched for Modesto Junior College in the spring of 1941. In an 8-7 loss to Compton Junior College he ceded 14 hits, but it was an unearned run which caused his defeat. He pitched a complete game.^[2] In March 1942 Werle held the University of Southern California baseball team to eight hits in a key California Intercollegiate Baseball Association contest. The University of California won 10-5. One of the hits he gave up was a solo homer to Cal Barnes in the ninth inning.^[3] Playing for the Stockton, California, All-Stars, Werle shut out the McClellan Field Commandos, 7-0, in May 1943.^[4]

Pacific Coast League 1943–1948, 1955–1957

In a benefit game for Hammond General Hospital in Modesto, California, Werle was one of three San Francisco Seals pitchers to face Sergeant Joe Dimaggio. Stationed at the Santa Ana, California, Army Air Base, Dimaggio did not reach safely in four at bats.^[5]
In February 1945 Werle was inducted into the U.S. Army. He had been employed in a Stockton war plant. He was married and had one child.^[6] Following World War II Werle again pitched for San Francisco. In a game versus the Sacramento Solons, in June 1946, he gave up 13 hits, including two home runs.^[7]
Werle pitched 16 innings against Sacramento in August 1948, winning the first game 11-0 and preserving a tie in the nightcap, 3-3. He struck out nine batters in the opener and five in the finale. The tie was not broken because of a league rule prohibiting an inning from beginning after 11:50 p.m.^[8] He won 17 and lost seven with the Seals who were managed by Lefty O'Doul.^[9]
The Portland Beavers obtained Werle from the Cincinnati Reds in early April 1955.^[10] By this time he had become a sidearm pitcher. He yielded only four hits to the Seals in an April 12 contest in San Francisco.^[11] Werle tossed a three-hitter against Sacramento on June 10, in a 6-0 Portland win.^[12] He was selected by Charlie Metro for the northern squad in the 1957 Pacific Coast League All-Star Game.^[13]

Pittsburgh Pirates (1949–1952)

The Pittsburgh Pirates released catcher LeRoy Jarvis to the Seals as partial payment for the rights to Werle in January 1949.^[14] As a National League rookie Werle survived a ninth inning rally at Ebbets Field in May 1949 to beat the Dodgers, 5-3. He surrendered seven runs, three in the last inning, when Bob Ramazzoti homered.^[15] Pirates chief scout, Pie Traynor, favored Cliff Chambers over Werle, and predicted Chambers would win more games in 1949.^[16] Werle shut out the Cincinnati Reds on seven hits on July 4, 1949. It was the second game of a doubleheader and lifted the Pirates into sixth place in the National League.^[17] Werle pitched in relief for Pittsburgh in 1950. In June he came on for his second relief stint in two days. Tommy Holmes homered off of him in the eight inning, breaking a 6-6 tie and giving the Boston Braves the win.^[18] Werle outpitched All-Star Larry Jansen with a two-hitter on July 15 at Forbes Field. The Pirates beat the New York Giants 2-1.^[19] On April 17, 1951, Werle provided effective relief in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. He retired the side without a hit in the top of the seventh after Murry Dickson walked the bases loaded. Only a single run scored when Red Schoendienst hit a sacrifice fly which plated Solly Hemus.^[20] He went 8-6 for the Pirates in 1951.^[21]
Werle was fined $500 and suspended indefinitely on April 3, 1952.^[22] Manager Billy Meyer ordered him to go back to Pittsburgh and wait for further instructions.^[21] Pittsburgh general manager, Branch Rickey, reinstated Werle on April 11, but the fine was not dropped. The incident which prompted the fine and suspension was not explained clearly. Werle understood that it had to do with his having been 30 minutes late, a violation of training rules. It was mentioned that he arrived at his hotel with roommate, George Metkovich, after seven innings of a night game in Beaumont, Texas. They had a couple of bottles of beer each, showered, and went downstairs. He denied a rumor of having a woman in his hotel room, which Rickey seemed to believe at first. Werle swore on his father's grave that this was untrue and that someone was a damned liar.^[22]

St. Louis Cardinals (1952), Boston Red Sox (1952–1954)

Werle was traded to the Cardinals on May 1, 1952, for righthanded pitcher George Red Munger.^[23] In a game against the New York Giants on June 16 he relieved Eddie Yuhas in the ninth inning with two men on base. He walked Whitey Lockman before he was removed for Willard Schmidt. Schmidt gave up a grand slam to Bobby Thomson, who hit his first pitch over the left field roof just inside the foul line at the Polo Grounds, to win the game for the Giants.^[24]
Werle was claimed by the Boston Red Sox off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals on October 2, 1952.^[1] In a May 1953 game versus the New York Yankees, he relieved Mickey McDermott with only one out in the first inning. He yielded a third inning home run to Mickey Mantle and three runs over 5-2/3 innings of work.^[25] Werle gave an up a long homer to Dave Philley in a relief outing against the Cleveland Indians in April 1954. He gave up five hits in 4-2/3 innings and three earned runs.^[26] Gus Zernial tagged Werle for a home run in the ninth inning of a game with the Philadelphia Athletics in June.^[27]
The Cincinnati Reds obtained Werle from the Louisville Colonels of the American Association on October 14, 1954.^[28] Manager Birdie Tebbetts named Werle as one of three pitchers to be used in the first game of spring training 1955. The Reds played an exhibition against the Chicago White Sox.^[29] After the Reds cut him, Tebbetts refuted a statement by Werle, saying that the pitcher was given every chance to make the club.^[30]

Manager and scout

Werle was named interim manager of the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League in August 1961.^[31] He managed the Phoenix Giants (Phoenix Firebirds) in 1966 until he served as a temporary replacement for Larry Jansen as pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants.^[32] Werle was placed on the San Francisco Giants roster at the age of 46 in September 1967. He managed Phoenix that season and was just 19 days short of becoming eligible for the major league pension plan, so the Giants put him on the active list.^[33] Werle served as a scout for the Baltimore Orioles in 1980.^[34]

Death

On November 27, 2010, Werle died due to complications of Alzheimer's in San Mateo, California.^[35]

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Stephen J. Solarz, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1975–1993), died from esophageal cancer he was , 70

 Stephen Joshua Solarz  was a United States Congressional Representative from New York died from esophageal cancer he was , 70. Solarz was both an outspoken critic of President Ronald Reagan's deployment of Marines to Lebanon in 1982 and a cosponsor of the 1991 Gulf War Authorization Act during the Presidency of George H. W. Bush.

(September 12, 1940 – November 29, 2010)

Early life and education

Born in Manhattan, New York City, Solarz attended public schools in New York City and later received a B.A. from Brandeis University in 1962 and an M.A. in public law and government from Columbia University in 1967.^[1] Solarz taught political science at Brooklyn College from 1967–1968.^[2] He served in the New York State Assembly from 1969 to 1975. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Mid-term Convention in 1974.

Career in Congress

After defeating incumbent Representative Bertram L. Podell in the Democratic primary for the New York 13th, Solarz was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat to the 94th and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975–January 3, 1993). On July 18, 1980, he became the first American public official to visit North Korea since the end of the Korean War, and the first to meet with Kim Il-sung.^[3] In the 1980s, he chaired the Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, an area of growing interest to the American people in that decade. He is remembered for his leadership on the Philippines. He left Manila just as Benigno S. Aquino was coming home to challenge President Ferdinand Marcos. Following Aquino's assassination, Solarz returned to Manila for the funeral and proceeded to push the Reagan administration to distance itself from the Marcos government. Shortly after Marcos left for exile in Hawaii, Solarz was at one of the opulent palaces and publicized Imelda's massive shoe collection. He worked closely with Aquino's widow, Corazon, who became president, and who dubbed him the "Lafayette of the Philippines."^[4]
The round of redistricting following the 1990 Census divided his district into six pieces, reflecting his cold relations with many state lawmakers in Albany. After conducting extensive polling, Solarz decided that rather than challenge Democratic incumbent Ted Weiss or Republican incumbent S. William Green, he would seek election to the open seat in the heavily Hispanic 12th Congressional District. Solarz entered the race damaged by the House banking scandal, having written 743 overdrafts. Solarz was defeated in the primary by Nydia Velazquez.^[5] Ironically, neither Weiss or Green were re-elected, as Weiss died before the election and was replaced on the ballot by Jerrold Nadler, while Green was defeated by Democrat Carolyn Maloney. Thereafter Solarz was appointed by President Bill Clinton as chairman of the U.S. government-funded Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund to bring private sector development to central Asia and served from 1993 to 1998.^[6]
In 1982 and 1986, Solarz met with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.^[7]
In 1994, Solarz was a leading candidate to be nominated as the United States Ambassador to India, however Solarz was forced to withdraw from consideration after scrutiny of his efforts to obtain a visa for a Hong Kong businessman with a criminal record. Solarz's poor relations with members of the foreign service and the New York state political establishment were also identified as reasons for the failure of his nomination.^[8] The post instead went to Frank G. Wisner.
Since then he had remained active with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. He was also a member of the Intellibridge Expert Network and of the executive committee of the International Crisis Group. Solarz was also co-chairman of the American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus, along with Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Solarz died of esophageal cancer on November 29, 2010 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 70.^[1]

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Gavin Blyth, British television producer, died from cancer he was , 41

Gavin John Blyth ^[2][3] was a British television producer and journalist, He was probably best known for being series producer on Emmerdale from January 2009 until his death. Beginning his career in 2002, He joined Emmerdale in 2003 as a writer, he later went on to be an assistant producer and also a story editor on Coronation Street.


(27 October 1969 – 26 November 2010)

Early life

Blyth was born on 27 October 1969, in Southport he grew up in the village of Hesketh Bank and was educated at Tarleton High School, he was the son of Merseyside journalist and broadcaster Roger Blyth. He began his journalism career in 1985 with his father's company Mercury Press Agency in Liverpool.

Emmerdale

On 17 January 2009, it was announced that Anita Turner had quit her role as Emmerdale's series producer after just one year.^[4] Blyth was later announced as producer on 22 January 2009.^[5] Blyth's first credited episode aired March 13, 2009.^[6]
He introduced several characters to the show, including Faye Lamb, Lizzie Lakely, Ryan Lamb, Jai Sharma, Nikhil Sharma, Priya Sharma, Sally Spode, Jackson Walsh and Hazel Rhodes. Blyth also reintroduced past and popular characters to the programme including Viv Hope.^[7] Charity Tate^[8] and Kelly Windsor.^[9]

Personal life

Blyth was married to Suzy with whom he had a son Carter.He had two older children Tom and Anya from his first marriage.^[1]

Death

He died from cancer at St James' Hospital in Leeds, only a matter of weeks after it had been diagnosed.^[1]

Preceded by Anita Turner (2005–2007)

Emmerdale Series Producer (2009–2010)

Succeeded by TBA

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James DiPaola, American politician, Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1996), Sheriff of Middlesex County (1996–2010), died from apparent suicide by gunshot he was , 57

James Vincent DiPaola  was county sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26, 2010, DiPaola committed suicide. At the time of his death, he was facing multiple allegations from the state and press over ethics issues.


(May 5, 1953 – November 26, 2010)

Career

James Vincent DiPaola^[1] was born May 5, 1953, in Malden, Massachusetts, and attended Malden Catholic High School and Malden High School. After graduating he attended North Shore Community College, where he studied criminal justice, and the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he received a B.A. in political science.^[2] He was a patrolman, sergeant and undercover narcotics detective in the Malden Police Department for 18 years, and served 25 years in the United States Military Reserves. In November 1992 he was elected as a Democrat to the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 36th Middlesex District, and he was sworn into office in January 1993. On November 27, 1996, he was sworn in as Middlesex County Sheriff after winning a special election. After serving the remainder of a partial term, he was elected to a full six-year term in November 1998 and re-elected in November 2004 and November 2010.^[3][4]

Ethics charges and death

 
 

 

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On November 19, 2010, DiPaola was questioned by reporters for The Boston Globe for exploiting a state pension loophole which allowed him to file for retirement, then announce a run for re-election. This would allow him to serve his third full term while collecting both a salary and pension. He maintained that it was a legal maneuver, and he had no reason to decline the opportunity: "There is nothing evil about it. I don't see it as grabbing something. I'm supposed to say no to it?"^[4] The next day, however, he phoned the Globe after a "sleepless night" and confessed his own feelings of guilt, saying, "I'd always be remembered for this, for double-dipping, that that would be my legacy." He abandoned the plan and decided not to serve the following term.^[4] The following week, DiPaola revealed that the State Ethics Commission was investigating his office over allegations that his employees were illegally raising money for his re-election.^[5] On November 27, 2010, DiPaola was found dead in a hotel in Wells, Maine, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He had died between 5:30 pm and 7 pm the evening before.^[6][7]

Personal life

DiPaola had a wife, Adeline, and three daughters.^[5]

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Alfred Balk, American journalist, former editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, died from cancer he was , 80

 Alfred Balk was a magazine writer/editor and journalist-book author dedicated to media-improvement activities died from cancer he was , 80.^[1]

(born July 24, 1930 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, died November 25, 2010 in Huntley, Illinois) 


He was awarded journalism degrees at Northwestern University (B.S. 1952, M.S. 1953). Then followed newswriting at station WBBM (WBBM-TV), reporting at The Chicago Sun-Times, and writing freelance articles for major national magazines. He was a member of the Society of Magazine Writers, which elected him president in 1969.
In eight years’ full time freelancing his most influential articles appeared in the era’s leading magazines. For the weekly Saturday Evening Post, which for a time retained him under contract, he wrote on subjects such as Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago, victims of a fallout-shelter craze, how a T.V. jackpot almost ruined the winners, defections among Protestant ministers, and the rise of Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam, co-authored with Alex Haley of future Roots and Autobiography of Malcolm X fame.
One Post article, “Confessions of a Block-Buster” (July 14–21, 1962), made legal history when, after the weekly’s demise a homeowners group sued Balk to compel disclosure of his confidential source. A U.S. District Court upheld his right to confidentiality, the Supreme Court declined to review the decision, and the press (May 8, 1973) pronounced the case a landmark.
For Harper’s, his subjects included zoning abuses, a builder who made integration pay, and two high-profile cover stories. One, a collaboration with then State Sen.Paul Simon on “The Illinois Legislature: A Study in Corruption” (Sept., 1964), spurred ethics reforms and vaulted Simon to national prominence, a U.S. Senate seat, and a legacy including helping foster President-to-be Barack Obama’s political rise. The other, “God Is Rich” (October 1967), on religious organizations’ tax exemptions, led to the book The Religion Business (John Knox Press) and, under a Foundation fellowship, a nationwide study The Free List: Property Without Taxes (Russell Sage Foundation), which Time, in a two-page report (May 3, 1971), described as “a penetrating new book.”
Among other prominent articles, for The Reader’s Digest he reported on nursing-home neglect, threats to public parkland, Great Lakes water problems, boating-boom safety hazards, and Thomas Edison remembered by a son; for The Reporter, the social significance of Ebony magazine founder John Johnson’s success; and for The New York Times Magazine, the “Dust Bowl” revisited.
He served on staffs at four magazines, during which he also wrote signed pieces: Editor at Columbia Journalism Review (1969–1973) and World Press Review (1973–1986); Feature Editor and Editor-at-Large at Saturday Review (1966–1970); and Managing Editor at IEEE Spectrum (1989–1990). He also was an Executive Committee member of the American Society of Magazine Editors and Overseas Press Club and consultant to the Twentieth Century Fund and Ford Foundation and the John and Mary Markle Foundation.
After his last full time position, on the journalism faculty at Syracuse University, he wrote his eighth book, The Rise of Radio: From Marconi Through the Golden Age (McFarland, 2006). His stated purpose was to provide a one-volume “sweep of radio history” which could update, correct, and fill gaps in the field; offer “background and flavor"; place in sequence Golden Age program debuts; offer fresh insight into minorities and women in broadcasting; shed new light on formative contributions by Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, and San Francisco; and pinpoint how and why the Age’s programs and values died.” Among praise for the book, Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes, who began in radio, has called it “fabulous…and the research is stunning”; former FCC Commissioner Newton Minow, “excellent”; and Golden Age writing legend Norman Corwin, destined “to live long in the history of radio.”
Balk died of cancer on Thanksgiving Day 2010 in his home in Huntley, Illinois at age 80. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and two grandchildren.

Books

• The Rise of Radio, from Marconi through the Golden Age (McFarland, 2006).
• Movie Palace Masterpiece: Saving Syracuse’s Loew’s State/Landmark Theatre (Landmark Foundation, 1998).
• The Myth of American Eclipse: The New Global Age (Transaction), 1990.
• A Free and Responsive Press (Twentieth Century Fund, Paperback), 1972.
• Our Troubled Press: Ten Years of Columbia Journalism Review co-author with James Boylan, Little Brown, 1971.
• The Free List: Property Without Taxes (Russell Sage/Basic Books), 1970.
• The Religion Business (John Knox Press), 1968.
• Kup’s Chicago: A Many-Faceted and Affectionate Portrait (collaboration with Irv Kupcinet, World), 1962.

Articles

Saturday Evening Post

• “Anyone for Survival” (Mar. 27, 1965)
• “The Last Dinosaur Wins Again” (May 11, 1963)
• “Black Merchants of Hate” (with Alex Haley; Jan. 26, 1963)
• “Why I Quit the Ministry” (with an anonymous ex-minister; Nov. 17, 1962)
• “Confessions of a Block-Buster” (July 14–21, 1962)
• “A Jackpot Almost Ruined Their Lives” (July 15, 1961).

Harper's

• “God Is Rich” (Oct., 1967)
• “Zoning: Invitation to Bribery” (Oct. 1966)
• “The Builder Who Makes Integration Pay” (July, 1965)
• “The Illinois Legislature: A Study in Corruption” (with Sen. Paul Simon; Sept., 1964).

Reader's Digest

• “Water Crisis on the Great Lakes” (Mar., 1965)
• “The Shame of Our Nursing Homes” (Jan., 1965)
• “Danger Rides in Small Boats” (Aug., 1962)
• “My Most Unforgettable Character” (December 1961); “Good-Bye to Our Public Parks” (November 1960).

The Reporter

• “Mr. Johnson Finds His Market” (Nov. 12, 1959).

New York Times Magazine

• “When the Wind Blew Black Blizzards” (Nov. 10, 1963).

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