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Merv Griffin: A Life in the Closet
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Merv Griffin: A Life in the Closet Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Darwin Porter

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This unauthorized biography of the man who would rewrite the rules of America's broadcasting industry illustrates how Merv Griffin became the richest man in television, befriended everyone who mattered, and maintained a secret life as a closeted homosexual.

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This is the first post-mortem, unauthorized insight into Merv Griffin, a failed singer and unsuccessful actor who unexpectedly rewrote the rules of America's broadcasting industry. He became the richest man in TV, befriended everyone in media who mattered, bought a casino, and maintained a secret life as America's most famously closeted homosexual. From a controversial writer whose previous work has virtually re-defined the art of the celebrity biography, HERE'S MERV.

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  • Title Merv Griffin: A Life in the Closet
  • Author Darwin Porter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 525
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blood Moon Productions, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A
  • Publication date 2009-05
  • ISBN 9780978646509 / 0978646509
  • Weight 1.98 lbs (0.90 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.41 x 6.39 x 1.33 in (23.90 x 16.23 x 3.38 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Television personalities - United States, Gay men - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011283131
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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