Michael Rodney Freedland was a British biographer, journalist and broadcaster.
10 Facts About Michael Freedland
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Michael Freedland left Luton Grammar School in 1951, at the age of 16.
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Michael Freedland began his career as a journalist on local newspapers in 1951, after leaving school, initially working for The Luton News.
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Michael Freedland was reporting for the newspaper in 1957 when he was the only journalist present when prime minister Harold Macmillan made his declaration that Britons had "never had it so good".
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Michael Freedland's broadcasting career began in the following year, and he wrote for The Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator, The Guardian, The Observer and The Economist.
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Michael Freedland wrote and presented programmes for BBC Radio 2 in the UK on his subjects, including Elvis Presley, Bob Hope and Judy Garland.
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Michael Freedland's radio show You Don't Have To Be Jewish began in 1971.
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Michael Freedland was married for 52 years to Sara Hocherman, who died in 2012.
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At the time of his death, Michael Freedland was working on a biography of the Hollywood lawyer Charles "Chuck" Levy.
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Michael Freedland was survived by his son Jonathan and daughter Dani.