Steve Dunleavy has passed away

[F_Marturana]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-tabloid-legend-steve-dunleavy-dead-20190625-2noapusdz5hsdgubvqmk3jm2ke-story.html%3FoutputType=amp

He was famous for his work at the New York Post.

 

[7_Sorrows]

was he on Inside Edition or another TV show?

 

[F_Marturana]

KI don’t remember, truthfully. I do feel he was on a tv program. I don’t remember which one.

There was a miniseries a few years ago called the Summer of Sam. Part of the plot was the competition between the New York Post and the Daily News to get the latest story on the spree killer, David Berkowitz.

I think I’m referring to another film, The Bronx is burning.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[tomarin]

According to the obituary, he was the host of ‘A Current Affair.’

 

[7_Sorrows]

That’s right. I forgot about that show.
Thanks for the info.

 

[tomarin]

I vaguely remember it.

 

[robertmidwest]

was he on Inside Edition or another TV show?

I do feel he was on a tv program. I don’t remember which one.

Tabloid reporter, columnist Steve Dunleavy dies at 81 | AP News

Dunleavy also helped create the television newsmagazine program “A Current Affair”

Dunleavy earned one of his better-known scoops by sneaking into a hospital dressed in clothes that looked like hospital scrubs to interview the family of one of “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz’s victims.

If you have ever read The Bronx is Burning or seen the the ESPN mini series from the book, there is a big scene dedicated to him posing as a grief therapist to scoop an “interview” with one of the Son of Sam’s victim’s parents.

 

[7_Sorrows]

Never heard of the book or miniseries.
I Don’t remember a lot about the Son of Sam times.