1. Franz Lidz was born on September 24,1951 and is an American writer, journalist and former pro basketball executive.
11 Facts About Franz Lidz
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Franz Lidz's father gave him early exposure to authors like Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Eugene Ionesco.
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Franz Lidz attended high school in Cheltenham and college at Antioch College, where he was a theater major.
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Franz Lidz was a novice reporter at the weekly Sanford Star, where he wrote a column and covered police and fire beats.
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Franz Lidz left Maine to become a crime reporter and write a column called "Insect Jazz" for an alternative newspaper in Baltimore.
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Franz Lidz later became an editor of Johns Hopkins University Magazine.
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Franz Lidz had previously written about two of the uncles in Sports Illustrated.
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Franz Lidz was unhappy with the adaptation, but was prevented by his contract from publicly criticizing it.
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Franz Lidz has said that he was inspired by the real-life cautionary tales that his father told him, the most macabre of which was the story of the Collyer brothers, the hermit hoarders of Harlem.
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Fairway to Hell is a 2008 memoir centering on Franz Lidz' unusual golfing experiences: encountering nudists, llama caddies and celebrities like the heavy metal band Judas Priest.
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Franz Lidz has written numerous essays for The New York Times with novelist and former Sports Illustrated colleague Steve Rushin.