Gay Talese

Gay Talese
Talese in 2006
Born	Gaetano Talese (1932-02-07) February 7, 1932 (age 92) 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, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and Hunter S. Thompson, one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}