Richard Elliot Sandomir (born September 4, 1957) is an American journalist who is an obituary writer for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. He wrote about sports, male-pattern hair loss and television; he is the author of several books including ''Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman'' and '' The Englightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything''.

Education and family

Sandomir obtained his degree from

Queens College, City University of New York Queens College (QC) is a public college in the Queens Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system. Its 80-acre campus is primarily located in Flushing, Queens. It has a student body ...

. His wife, Griffin Miller, is an artist and writer.

Career

Sandomir was a freelance writer and focused his work on sports for a number of publications which include: ''

'', the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

'', the ''

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'', ''

Sports Illustrated ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twic ...

'', and ''

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''. He also worked for Sports Inc. as a staff writer, a business reporter for ''

New York Newsday ''New York Newsday'' was an American daily newspaper that primarily served New York City and was sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The paper, established in 1985, was a New York City-specific offshoot of ''Newsday'', a Long Island- ...

'', a staff writer for the ''

Stamford Advocate ''The Advocate'' is a seven-day daily newspaper based in Stamford, Connecticut. The paper is owned and operated by Hearst Communications, a multinational corporate media conglomerate with $4 billion in revenues. ''The Advocate'' circulates in S ...

'', and a business writer for ''

Financial World ''Financial World'' was an American magazine for investors from 1902 to 1998. It was originally issued weekly, and later every two weeks. In the magazine's later years of publication, its signature issue was the "Sports Franchise Valuation Issue". ...

''. Sandomir worked for The New York Times as a television, sports. and business reporter from April 1991 to 2016.

Books

*''Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman'',

Collier Books Crowell-Collier Publishing Company was an American publisher that owned the popular magazines '' Collier's'', ''Woman's Home Companion'' and ''The American Magazine''. Crowell's subsidiary, P.F. Collier and Son, published ''Collier's Encyclopedia, ...

, 1990, , *''Friendly Persuasion''- Putnam, 1990 *''The Joy of Baldness: Men With Less Hair and the Women Who Love Them,'' Spi Books, 1993. * ;Books with Mark Reiter: *''The Final Four of Everything''-

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

, 2009, , * ;Books with Rick Wolff: *''Don't Worry, Stop Sweating...Use Deodorant''- Andrews Mcmeel Pub, 1998, , *''Life for Real Dummies'' - Perennial, 1996, ,

References

External links

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