Gerald Weil Nachman (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author from
San Francisco
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.
Biography
Nachman was born January 13, 1938, to Leonard Calvert Nachman, a salesman and actor in the Little Theater movement, and Isabel (Weil) Nachman. He received an associate of arts degree from
Merritt College
Merritt College is a Public college, public community college in Oakland, California, United States. Merritt, like the other three campuses of the Peralta Community College District, is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accr ...
, in 1958, and then a bachelor of arts degree from
San Jose State University
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in 1960, beginning as a TV reviewer and humor columnist at what was then called the
San Jose Mercury
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while he was still a student.
He was a feature writer for the ''
New York Post
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daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates three online sites: NYPost. ...
'' from 1964–66 and a feature writer and TV critic for New York Daily News from 1972–79, with a stop in the middle as columnist and film critic for the ''
Oakland Tribune
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''. For a time he was best known for his syndicated humor columns, “Double Take” and “The Single Life.” In 1979, he joined The Chronicle as a columnist and theater critic, reviewing not just theater but also film, cabaret and comedy. He left the newspaper in 1993 but continued to be active, appearing on
KALW's radio show "Minds Over Matter."
Career
*1963 TV writer for the ''San Jose Mercury News''.
*1963–1966 feature writer for the ''New York Post''
*1966–1971 theater and film writer for the ''Oakland Tribune''
*1972–1979 columnist, syndicated by the ''New York Daily News''
*1979–1993 entertainment and theater writer for the ''San Francisco Chronicle''.
*1993–2015 panelist, ''Minds Over Matter'',
KALW; accessed April 18, 2018.
Death
Nachman died April 14, 2018, at Coventry Place, a senior residence in
San Francisco, California
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, at the age of 80.
Awards
* ASCAP Deems Taylor Award
* New York Newspaper Guild Page One Award
Books
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Musical Comedy Revues
*''Quirks'' (1979)
*''Aftershocks'' (1993)
*''New Wrinkles'' (2002)
References
External links
*{{Official website, {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822162702/http://geraldnachman.com/about.html , date=August 22, 2018
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The San Francisco Examiner''
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1938 births
2018 deaths
New York Post people
Jewish American journalists
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
The Mercury News people
Oakland Tribune people
Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area
21st-century American Jews
San Jose State University alumni