Philip Carlo | |
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| Born | April 18, 1949 New York City, US |
| Died | November 8, 2010 |
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| Style | novels and nonfiction books |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Cecilia Medeiros Lima (m.1975; div 1979) Laura Garofalo (m. 2007) |
Philip Carlo (April 18, 1949 – November 8, 2010) was an American journalist and best selling biographer of Thomas Pitera, Richard Kuklinski, Anthony Casso, and Richard Ramirez. Carlo had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".
He was diagnosed in 2005 and reliant on a wheelchair with respirator, but retained his ability to speak and continued to write until his death. He died of the disease on November 8, 2010, at age 61.[1]