1. Scott Timberg was an American journalist, culture writer, and editor.
11 Facts About Scott Timberg
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Scott Timberg was best known as an authority on southern California culture and for his book Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class.
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Scott Robert Timberg was born in Palo Alto, California, son of journalist and author Robert Timberg and Jane Timberg.
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Scott Timberg attended a term abroad at the University of Sussex.
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Scott Timberg's grandfather was composer Sammy Timberg and his great uncle was vaudevillian Herman Timberg.
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Scott Timberg started his journalism career at The Day in Connecticut.
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Scott Timberg moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to join the staff of New Times LA.
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Scott Timberg was a long-time staff writer for the Los Angeles Times until 2008 and a staff writer for Salon.
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Scott Timberg spent the longest period of his life in Los Angeles, with a year in Athens, Georgia in 2015.
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Scott Timberg married Sara Scribner, a school librarian and journalist; the couple had a son.
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Scott Timberg committed suicide on December 10,2019, in Los Angeles, at the age of 50.