Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Author Bill Zehme.

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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Author Bill Zehme.
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Bill Zehme, a prolific biographer and magazine profile writer known for his ability to humanize celebrities, has died at the age of 64. His best-selling biography of Frank Sinatra, "The Way You Wear Your Hat," was just one of many works that made his subjects seem as familiar as next-door neighbors. Zehme's Midwestern charm helped him cultivate recalcitrant sources, and his portraits were not hagiography, but neither were they tell-alls. He remained close to some of the subjects he interviewed, including Sinatra and Hugh Hefner.

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