Wicker, Tom

Tom Wicker
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Name	Wicker, Tom Gender: M
Birthname	Thomas Grey Wicker
born on	18 June 1926 at 09:40 (= 09:40 AM )
Place	Hamlet, North Carolina, 34n53, 79w42
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Steinbrecher
Astrology data	26°35' 28°10 Asc. 23°46'

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Biography

American writer, a journalist and novelist, who made his reputation as a newspaper columnist with his coverage of the death of President John F. Kennedy for the New York Times. Nine months later, on September 1, 1964, he became the newspaper's Washington Bureau Chief.

He is the author of 20 books, including the 1964 "Kennedy without Tears," and the 1975 book "A Time to Die" about the uprising at Attica prison. The book was made into the popular movie, "Attica," five years later (1980). Many of his novels were published under the pen name of Paul Connolly.

Wicker served in the Navy during WWII and in 1948 graduated from college with a major in journalism. He worked on South Carolina newspapers at the outset of his long career in the industry. He joined the New York Times in 1960.

Mr. Wicker married twice, first to Neva Jewett McLean in 1949. After having two children, they divorced in 1973. The following year, he married Pamela Hill, a documentary producer.

Wicker suffered a fatal heart attack on November 25, 2011 at his home near Rochester, VT.

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Events

• Work : New Career 1948 (In journalism)

• Relationship : Marriage 1949 (To Neval Jewett mcLean)

• Work : New Job 1960 (With the New York Times)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1964 ("Kennedy without Tears")

• Work : Gain social status 1 September 1964 (Promoted to Washington Bureau Chief for the NY Times)

• Relationship : Divorce dates 1973 (From McLean)

• Relationship : Marriage 1974 (Pamela Hill)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1975 ("A Time to Die")

• Death by Heart Attack 25 November 2011 (Age 85)

Source Notes

Steinbrecher Collection: Gauquelin Book of American Charts

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack (Fatal)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs

• Vocation : Military : Military service

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Journalist)

• Vocation : Writers : Fiction (Novelist)