Richard Elliot Sandomir (born September 4, 1957) is an American journalist who is an obituary writer for ''

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''. He wrote about sports, male-pattern hair loss and television; he is the author of several books including ''Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman'' and '' The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything''.

Education and family

Sandomir obtained his degree from

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. His wife, Griffin Miller, is an artist and writer.

Career

Sandomir was a freelance writer and focused his work on sports for a number of publications which include: ''

'', the ''

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'', the ''

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

'', ''

Sports Illustrated ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with a circulation of over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellen ...

'', and ''

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''. He also worked for Sports Inc. as a staff writer, a business reporter for ''

New York Newsday ''New York Newsday'' was an American daily newspaper that primarily served New York City and was sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The paper, established in 1985, was a New York City-specific offshoot of ''Newsday'', a Long Island- ...

'', a staff writer for the '' Stamford Advocate'', and a business writer for '' Financial World''. Sandomir worked for The New York Times as a television, sports, and business reporter from April 1991 to 2016.

Books

*''Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman'',

Collier Books Crowell-Collier Publishing Company was an American publisher that owned the popular magazines ''Collier's'', ''Woman's Home Companion'' and ''The American Magazine''. Crowell's subsidiary, P.F. Collier and Son, published ''Collier's Encyclopedia ...

, 1990, , *''Friendly Persuasion''- Putnam, 1990 *''The Joy of Baldness: Men With Less Hair and the Women Who Love Them,'' Spi Books, 1993. * ;Books with Mark Reiter: *''The Final Four of Everything''-

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group US ...

, 2009, , * ;Books with Rick Wolff: *''Don't Worry, Stop Sweating...Use Deodorant''- Andrews Mcmeel Pub, 1998, , *''Life for Real Dummies'' - Perennial, 1996, ,

References

External links

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'' Living people 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists American business and financial journalists Obituary writers American male journalists The New York Times journalists Queens College, City University of New York alumni 1957 births {{US-journalist-1950s-stub