Marshall Frady
Marshall Frady was a prominent American biographer and journalist, born in 1940 in Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in a religious household as the son of a Baptist preacher. Frady pursued higher education, earning a B.A. in English from Furman University and also attending the University of Iowa. Over his career, he contributed to major publications such as Newsweek, Harper's, and The New Yorker, and served as the chief correspondent for ABC News Close-Up, earning two Emmy Awards for his work. He is noted for his insightful biographies, which explore significant figures in American history, including George Wallace, Jesse Jackson, and Martin Luther King, Jr. One of his notable works, "Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson," was recognized as a Notable Book by The New York Times in 1996. Frady was also involved in television, co-writing the teleplay for the miniseries "George Wallace." He passed away in 2004 in Greenville, South Carolina, leaving a legacy as a thoughtful chronicler of cultural and racial issues in the United States.
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Marshall Frady
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- Born: January 11, 1940
- Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia
- Died: March 9, 2004
- Place of death: Greenville, South Carolina
Biography
Marshall Frady, a biographer and journalist, was born in 1940 in Augusta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist preacher and his wife. He earned a B.A. in English from Furman University in 1963, and he also attended the University of Iowa. Frady married four times during his life and helped raise three children.
Throughout his career, Frady worked for a variety of prominent publications, including Newsweek, the Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s, and Life. He was the chief correspondent for the television program ABC News Close-Up from 1979 to 1986, for which he won two Emmy Awards. Frady also was a correspondent and writer for the Nightline television series.
Frady contributed articles to a number of magazines, including Esquire, The New York Review of Books, Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker. He was the author of several books, some of which described the racial and cultural tensions in the United States. His books included biographies of such notable figures as George Wallace, former governor of Alabama, Jesse Jackson, Billy Graham, and Martin Luther King, Jr. His biography of Jackson, Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson (1996), was named a 1996 Notable Book by The New York Times. Frady also cowrote the teleplay for George Wallace, a television miniseries adapted from his biography of Wallace that aired in 1997. Frady died in Greenville, South Carolina, in 2004.