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Jul 05, 1935 Los Angeles, California, United States Died on 13 Oct 2016 (aged 81)
American journalist
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- John "Jonathan" Gilmore (July 5, 1935 - October 13, 2016) was an American author and gonzo journalist known for iconoclastic Hollywood memoirs, true crime literature and hard-boiled fiction.
- A motion picture, television and stage actor in Los Angeles and New York in the 1950s, his friends including James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, Gilmore has also written about his encounter with Elizabeth Short a.k.a.
- "The Black Dahlia" during his youth.
- Gilmore emerged as a writer from the Beat Generation in the '60s, influenced by Jack Kerouac and befriended by author William S.
- Burroughs.
- The publication of his true crime book "Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia," ushered in a cult following for the author.
- His manuscripts and original writings are housed in the special collections department of the Research Library of the University of California at Los Angeles.
