Mitchell Fink, the author and entertainment journalist who wrote gossip columns for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, People magazine and the New York Daily News, died Tuesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, his family announced. He was 82.
Widely recognized for his “golden Rolodex” and list of contacts spanning New York, Washington and Hollywood, Fink also was a contributor to CNN’s Showbiz Today for six years while appearing on such other programs as Access Hollywood, Good Day New York and the CBS Morning News.
After graduating from the State University of New York at Buffalo, Fink served as the editor of Record World magazine before he moved to the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, where he transitioned from music criticism to covering politics and hard news.
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