Jon Bradshaw
Born1938
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died25 November 1986(1986-11-25) (aged 47–48)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationColumbia University
Alma materChurch Farm School
Occupationjournalist
SpouseCarolyn Pfeiffer

Jon Bradshaw (1938 – November 25, 1986)[1] was a journalist, author, and contributing editor to Esquire.[2]

Biography

Bradshaw was born in New York City and graduated from Church Farm School. He also attended Columbia University.[2]

He wrote for the New York Herald Tribune before moving to England to write for Queen, British Vogue, and The Sunday Times before returning to the United States to join the staff of the New York magazine.[2]

He died of a heart attack at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center on November 25, 1986, at age 48.[2] His works included a biography on blues singer Libby Holman and books on backgammon and covered the lives of professional gamblers.[3]

Bradshaw was famous for his lifestyle and journalism, and many of his works were compiled in a 2021 anthology The Ocean Is Closed: Journalistic Adventures and Investigations edited by Alex Belth and published by Ze Books.[4][5] He was also in a relationship with Anna Wintour before marrying producer Carolyn Pfeiffer.[6] He has two children, Shannon Bradshaw and Rick Guest. He was called the "Indiana Jones of magazine journalism" by Esquire editor Alex Belth.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Jon Bradshaw - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jon Bradshaw, 48, an Author And Esquire Magazine Editor". The New York Times. 1986-11-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Author Jon Bradshaw Dead Of Heart Attack". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Scott Berg and Alex Belth on the Timelessness of Jon Bradshaw's Journalism". Literary Hub. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  5. ↑ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  6. 1 2 "Bradshaw: The Indiana Jones of Magazine Journalism | The Stacks Reader". Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. ↑ Belth, Alex (2021-08-08). "Meet the Indiana Jones of Magazine Journalism". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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