Catherine Cookson her sickbed. It was conducted by Mike Neville. Catherine Cookson died at the age of 91, sixteen days before her 92nd birthday, at her home in Newcastle. Her novels, many written from her sickbed, continued to be published posthumously until 2002. Tom died on 28 June 1998, just 17 days later. He had been hospitalised for a week and the cause of his death was not announced. He was 86 years old. In March 2008, the Dame Catherine Cookson Memorial Garden was unveiled in the grounds of South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields, based on the theme of a
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold Ever Published". "Vanity Fair" called it "the greatest literary-nonfiction story of the 20th century". Talese had spent the first ten years of his career at "The New York Times". He felt restricted by the limitations of newspaper writing and began searching for jobs with magazines. In 1965, he signed a one-year, six-story contract with "Esquire" magazine. His first assignment from "Esquire" editor Harold Hayes was to write a profile of Frank Sinatra. It was a difficult assignment; Sinatra had turned down interview requests from "Esquire" for years. Sinatra was about to turn 50 and in the spotlight. Sinatra's relationship with