Phil Hardy (journalist)
Phil Hardy | |
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Born | Philippe George Hardy 7 April 1945 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England |
Died | 8 April 2014 Norfolk, England | (aged 69)
Philippe George "Phil" 'Hardy (7 April 1945 – 8 April 2014)[1] was an English film and music industry journalist.
Life and career
He was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1945 and studied at the University of Sussex, 1964-1969. He was a visiting student at the University of California, Berkeley (1966-1967). At Sussex he was a member of the committee of students, including Mike Robinson and Gary Herman, who ran the University of Sussex Film Society in 1968-1969, during which time the Society launched The Brighton Film Review. [citation needed]
He worked as a freelance music and screenwriter, writing for
He wrote or edited several books on music and film, including Samuel Fuller (1970), and The
Hardy died unexpectedly in Norfolk in 2014, aged 69.[3]
References
- ^ Laing, Dave (25 April 2014). "Phil Hardy obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- Informa Telecoms & Media. Archived from the originalon 29 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Music journalist Phil Hardy dies aged 69", Music Week, 11 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014
- ^ "The View from the boundary". Theviewfromtheboundary.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- OCLC 28673718.
- ^ Phil Hardy at Rock's Back Pages. Retrieved 11 April 2014