Joe
McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the
marketing of Richard Nixon in "The
Selling of the President 1968" and tracked his personal journey from
sympathizer to scourge of convicted killer Jeffrey MacDonald in the blockbuster
"Fatal Vision," died at
age 71.
McGinniss, who announced in 2013 that he had been diagnosed with
inoperable prostate cancer, died on Monday from complications related to his
disease.
Joseph McGinniss, Sr.
(December 9, 1942 – March 10, 2014), known as Joe McGinniss, was an American
non-fiction writer and novelist. He first came to prominence with the
best-selling The Selling of the
President 1968 which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate
Richard Nixon, and from that time until his death in March of 2014 authored
eleven works.