Richard Johnson is an American
gossip columnist with the ''
New York Post
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It was established ...
''s Page Six column, which he edited for 25 years. Described by the ''New York Times'' as "a journalistic descendant of
Walter Winchell
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", in 1994 he was ranked the No. 1 New York City gossip columnist by ''
New York'' magazine in a list that also included
Liz Smith,
Michael Musto
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, and
Cindy Adams
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Early life and education
Adams was an only child raised by her mother after her parents divorced.
Marriage to J ...
.
Early life
Johnson was raised in
Greenwich Village
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, New York, the son of a magazine editor father and a mother who worked in public relations. He attended the
University of Colorado, Boulder
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, and later
Empire State College
Empire State College (SUNY Empire or ESC) is a public university headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Empire State College is a multi-site institution offering associate, ...
, New York, from which he received a communications degree.
His first newspaper work was with the ''Chelsea-Clinton News''.
NY Post
He joined the ''New York Post'' in 1978 as a general-assignment reporter, and took charge of Page Six after the departure of editor Susan Mulcahy.
[ He worked briefly for the '' New York Daily News'' in 1991. He left the ''Post'' in 2010 to work in Los Angeles for Rupert Murdoch's startup The Daily, and returned in 2013. After returning to Page Six, he later retired in 2019 after serving for nearly four decades.
]
NY Daily News
He is currently writing a gossip column for the NY DailyNews.
Personal life
He was previously married to Nadine Johnson, a New York City publicist.
References
External links
Richard Johnson's columns
at Page Six
The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com, and the entertainment site Decider.com.
It was established i ...
Richard Johnson's columns
at NY Daily News
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American gossip columnists
Living people
New York Post people
Writers from New York City
Empire State College alumni
1954 births