Mitchell Fink, Gossip Columnist, Author and Entertainment TV Personality, Dies at 82

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Mitchell Fink, whose career as a celebrity gossip columnist and entertainment journalist included stints ranging from People magazine to the New York Daily News to the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, died Tuesday at 82 in West Palm Beach, Florida. No cause of death was given.

In addition to print columnist jobs that made him well-known in the entertainment community on both coasts, and regular appearances on television entertainment news programs, Fink was the author of several books, including “Never Forget: An Oral History of September 11, 2001,” co-authored with his wife, Lois Mathias, which made the New York Times’ bestseller list.

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