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- Paul J. Gillette; Novelist, Wine Expert and Scriptwriter
Obituary
January 17, 1996, by DANIEL P. PUZO, LA TIMES STAFF WRITER
Paul Gillette, novelist, scriptwriter and beverage industry analyst, who was best known for the book "Play Misty for Me," has died of heart failure in Los Angeles. He was 58.
"Play Misty for Me," published in 1971, became a film starring Clint Eastwood. The book was one of several written by Gillette, including "Carmela" (1972), "The Chinese Godfather" (1981), "Cat o' Nine Tails" (1972), "One of the Crowd" (1980), "The Lopison Case" (1967) and "Inside Ku Klux Klan" (1965).
Gillette, who died Jan. 6., was also a publisher and was among the first to host a nationally syndicated television show on wine appreciation. "Enjoying Wine With Paul Gillette," which he also wrote and produced, aired on what is now the Public Broadcasting System in 1974. Earlier, he wrote for, and occasionally hosted, the long-running CBS program "Camera Three."
In recent years, Gillette concentrated on publishing several beverage industry trade newsletters, which he founded in 1976, including the Wine Investor--Executive Edition, California Beverage Hotline, the Wine Investor--Buyers Guide and Healthy Eating. He was also senior editor for the Wine Enthusiast, a consumer publication.- IMDb mini biography by: provided by Derek Parker, former grad student, USC
- SpouseShelly(? - January 6, 1996) (his death, 2 children)
- Wrote for the Carbondale Daily News as a young man and later became a general assignment reporter and photographer for the Scranton Tribune in Pennsylvania.
- A graduate of Pennsylvania State University.
- As a young staff member of the military, Paul served as a personal assistant to President John F. Kennedy.
- Paul taught a professional writers workshop monthly at his office in Hollywood, then later in his new office in Burbank, CA.
- Paul wrote for the Carbondale Daily News as a young man and later became a general assignment reporter and photographer for the Scranton Tribune in Pennsylvania.
- In Paul's professional writing workshop, after hearing each members' suggested edits for a members submission-for-edit, he would say "Allow me to opine."
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