Tom Wolfe Death
Tom passed away on May 14, 2018 at the age of 87 in New York City, New York, United States. Tom's cause of death was Infection.
When did Tom Wolfe die?
May 14, 2018How did Tom Wolfe die? What was the cause of death?
InfectionHow old was Tom Wolfe when died?
87Where did Tom Wolfe die? What was the location of death?
New York City, New York, United States
Tom Wolfe Birthday and Date of Death
Tom Wolfe was born on March 2, 1931 and died on May 14, 2018. Tom was 87 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 2, 1931
Date of Death: May 14, 2018
Age at Death: 87
Tom Wolfe - Biography
Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist, best known for his association with and influence over the New Journalism literary movement, in which literary techniques are used in objective even-handed journalism. He began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, but achieved national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (a highly experimental account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters), and two collections of articles and essays, Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. His first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, released in 1987, was met with critical acclaim, became a commercial success, and was adapted as a major motion picture (directed by Brian De Palma).
The historian Meredith Hindley credits Wolfe with introducing the terms "statusphere", "the right stuff", "radical chic", "the Me Decade" and "good ol' boy" into the English lexicon. Wolfe was at times incorrectly credited with coining the term "trophy wife". His term for extremely thin women in his novel The Bonfire of the Vanities was "X-rays". In the early 1960s, Wolfe used the present tense in magazine profile pieces, which normally had been written in the past tense.
Wolfe lived in New York City with his wife Sheila, who designs covers for Harper's Magazine. They had two children: a daughter, Alexandra, and a son, Tommy.
