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Buddy Holly really sounds good. I seen the Buddy holly story.Rave On: The biography of Buddy Holly - Phillip Norman (this was really emotional, I know the ending but cried anyways. People just really really loved that man!)
I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir - Mickey Leigh (also a very emotional ending, it is by his younger brother)
Those are two most recent an I highly recommend them.
Buddy Holly really sounds good. I seen the Buddy holly story.
He doesn't have an official autobiography as such, but "on writing" is supposed to be semi biographical.ive only read footballers autobiographies, Alan Shearer, Bobby Robson, Gazza, Kevin Keegan (yes im a Newcastle fan haha). I have read a book about Stephen King written by someone else so it wasnt an official one (does he have an official autobiography?) , and i would love to read Eminems if he done one.
I will certainly get Ozzy's autobiography, thanks for the tip!Who's autobiographies have you guys read, are reading, or would reccomend?
I have only ever read one by a blue stand up comedian called Roy "Chubby" Brown - Common as Muck, it was very insightful and funny. I have a few on my Kobo but have not yet read them including:
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Slash - Slash
Ozzy Osbourne - I am Ozzy
My Brother has (and therefore I can borrow ) a few I wouldn't mind reading:
Lee Evans - Life Of Lee (British comedian)
Ronnie Wood - Ronnie
David Jason - My Life (British TV legend)
I also read more biographies, One of the faves is "The Life and Death of Andy Warhol."I haven't read many autobiographies; I tend to read more biographies. Most of the autobiographies I've read have been music-related: Alice Cooper's Golf Monster, David Lee Roth's Crazy from the Heat, Motley Crue's The Dirt, etc.
One non-music autobiography I read and loved was Kirk Douglas's The Ragman's Son. If you're a fan of early Hollywood, there's a ton of great stories in that.
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Maryilyn Monroe "In her Own Words" was made into an HBO special recently. Did you see that? It has actors reading her quotes from her diary. Good stuff. She was a very depressed and complicated woman who seems to struggle with herself.Night - Eli Wiesel (About his life and survival in a Nazi concentration camp)
Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words - Marilyn Monroe - Photographer George Barris compiled quotes from Marilyn Monroe to create this biography. This is the closest you will get to an autobiography from Marilyn Monroe
Tough Sh*t - Kevin Smith
Thanks, I missed that one. I'll have to check it out. The book was sad. The reader gets a glimpse into the person behind the icon.Maryilyn Monroe "In her Own Words" was made into an HBO special recently. Did you see that? It has actors reading her quotes from her diary. Good stuff. She was a very depressed and complicated woman who seems to struggle with herself.
Life Itself by Roger Ebert. What a remarkable man! He accomplished much more in his ten last years, while fighting cancer and undergoing repeated surgery, than I have done in my entire life as an adult.
I also read more biographies, One of the faves is "The Life and Death of Andy Warhol."
I had never heard of him until he basically p*ssed on the still warm grave of Ryan Dunn. As stupid as what Ryan did was, that was out of order.
I haven't read it, but I saw a documentary about her which contained a lot of private photage and things that she recorded at home during her therapy. She was indeed depressed and troubled, even at the height of her career. And her therapist made things worse for her, as I remember.Maryilyn Monroe "In her Own Words" was made into an HBO special recently. Did you see that? It has actors reading her quotes from her diary. Good stuff. She was a very depressed and complicated woman who seems to struggle with herself.
Malcolm X is my next read. Have it sitting here waiting.Malcolm X - It's an interesting and honest look into black culture and the dynamics of racial relations during the Civil Rights movement. I plan on reading it again because it has been almost twenty years. I also plan on reading Manning Marable's version which is said to debunk aspects of the autobiography.
Mick Foley's 'Have a Nice Day' - An interesting look at one of wrestling's most likeable wrestlers who had a hard journey making it to the top. It also covers one of the most brutal matches from 1998.