Pete Hamill — the celebrated reporter, novelist and columnist who also wrote occasionally for 'Rolling Stone' — has died at age 85
, writing of the former Beatle at the time: “As an interview, it is far from definitive, but nothing will ever be definitive in John Lennon’s life: He is the sort of artist, like the aforementioned Picasso, who is always in the process of becoming. I think of this as a kind of interim report from one of the bravest human beings I know. Oh yes: He looked happy.”Rolling Stone
of Dylan: “What I love about Dylan is what he leaves out because then he gives us a chance to help create it. It’s the most democratic form of art there is. Totalitarian art tells you every fucking thing. Dylan leaves the spaces. Listen, what I love about these love songs is that there’s a terrific sophistication of feeling in them and a generosity of feeling. You know it’s not just like ‘You left me, you cunt,’ or ‘Come mother me, you bitch,’ it’s not at that level at all.
Hamill’s work as a writer was extensive — he covered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua and Lebanon, and also returned to his parents’ homeland, Northern Ireland, to report on “The Troubles.” As a columnist and reporter in New York City, his purview was literally the whole swath of the city — from its sports heroes, musicians and artists to its politicians and underserved communities.
Hamill published an array of short stories and multiple novels as well, many of which were set in New York City. He wrote non-fiction books on Diego Rivera and Frank Sinatra , published two memoirs —
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