Summary
Mike Walker (January 16, 1946 – February 16, 2018) was an American radio personality and gossip columnist for The National Enquirer,[1] and hosted the magazine's 1999–2001 MGM-produced newsmagazine, National Enquirer TV. He was also the author of the 2005 book, Rather Dumb: A Top Tabloid Reporter Tells CBS How to Do News.
Mike Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 16, 1946 |
| Died | February 16, 2018 (aged 72) |
| Occupation(s) | Gossip columnist, radio personality |
| Website | www.thegossipgame.com |
Between April 11, 1996 and December 2010, Walker was a guest every week on The Howard Stern Show to play "The Gossip Game." He would read four gossip stories, and the Stern crew guessed which one is false.
Walker co-wrote with Faye Resnick the #1 New York Times best-selling book about the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Nicole Brown Simpson: Private Diary of a Life Interrupted (1994) (which as of October 1995, had reportedly sold 550,000 copies).[2] It debuted at #1 on the non-fiction side of the Times Best Seller list on November 6, 1994.[3]
Walker had a weekly radio show on KABC, Los Angeles, California.
Walker grew up in Boston and started working for the Enquirer in 1970.[4]
On February 16, 2018, self-styled writer and TV personality A. J. Benza tweeted that Walker had died.[5]
References edit
- ^ Yalor, Tanis (5 October 2001). Mike Walker - Interview, Metro (British newspaper), Retrieved December 14, 2010
- ^ Tabor, Mary B.W. (1 October 1995). Word for Word: An O.J. Biography; Is There Anyone Who Hasn't Milked the Trial of Juice?, The New York Times, Retrieved December 14, 2010
- ^ (6 November 1994). BEST SELLERS: November 6, 1994, The New York Times, Retrieved December 14, 2010
- ^ Hughes, Scott (25 May 1998). CV: MIKE WALKER Gossip columnist, 'The National Enquirer', The Independent, Retrieved December 14, 2010
- ^ Benza, A. J. (16 February 2018). "RIP Mike Walker. A helluva reporter and a mainstay in the gossip game for many years. I'll be giving him a proper send-off on my next show. Good man gone". @realajbenza. Retrieved 2018-02-17.