Keeping tabs on authors in LINKcat: Dennis McDougal

 

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\New York Times, 3/26/2025

Sam Roberts reports:

Mr. McDougal was the author of more than a dozen books, including “Angel of Darkness,” his first, published in 1991, about the serial killer Randy Kraft; and “Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times” (2008). 

“The Last Mogul” (1998), about the talent agent and head of Universal Studios Lew R. Wasserman, was reviewed in The New York Times, which said that Mr. McDougal “marshaled reams of documents and hundreds of interviews to show exactly how MCA used its muscle — from making friends with Presidents to strong-arming network executives and devising intricate tax shelters for star clients.” 

His other biographies included one of Bob Dylan in 2014 and the forthcoming “Citizen Wynn: A Sin City Saga of Power, Lust, and Blind Ambition,” about the casino tycoon Steve Wynn.

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