Franz Lidz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Franz Lidz
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Sep 24, 1951(1951-09-24)
Age	73
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Franz Lidz Biography

Franz Lidz is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on September 24, 1951 in New York, United States. Franz Lidz (born 24 September 1951) is a American journalist, writer and professional basketball executive.

Lidz has written numerous articles on behalf of The New York Times with novelist and former Sports Illustrated colleague Steve Rushin. Three of them were published under the name Piscopo Agonistes on the collection of 2000 Mirth of a Nation: The Most Stylish Contemporary Humor.

Fairway to Hell is a 2008 memoir centering on Lidz’ unusual golfing experiences: encountering nudists, llama caddies and celebrities like the heavy metal band Judas Priest. Bill Littlefield reviewed the book on the National Public Radio show Only A Game, saying “His estimable wit is also evident in Fairway To Hell.”

A former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, he’s a Smithsonian magazine columnist, a New York Times film, archeology and science writer as well as a former vice president of the Detroit Pistons. The memoir of his childhood Unstrung Heroes was adapted into the Hollywood film with the same name in 1995.

Franz Lidz Net Worth

Franz Lidz is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Franz Lidz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1980 Lidz was a member of as a writer for Sports Illustrated, even though Lidz had never read the magazine , and had only covered one sporting event during his lifetime – an pigeon race at Shapleigh, Maine. Lidz was as a writer over 27 years. In 2007, he moved to the short-lived business publication Conde Nast Portfolio, and the following year, WSJ. magazine before joining Smithsonian in the year 2012. One of his most controversial articles are his essays on Neanderthals, Hannibal, George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees’ line of succession; the scandals of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling as well as a groundbreaking S.I. feature on NBA athlete Jason Collins in which Collins became the first player in any among the major four North American team sports to publicly declare that the fact that he was gay.

It was in the year 1995 that Unstrung Heroes was adapted into a film with the same name. The setting was changed to New York City to Southern California The four uncles who were crazy were changed to an odd couple. When asked what he thought about his script Lidz declared: “It’s very neatly typed”. He was not happy with the movie’s adaptation, however, he was barred by his contract from publicly expressing his displeasure about the film. “My initial fear was that Disney would turn my uncles into Grumpy and Dopey,” the actor told New York magazine. “I never imagined my life could be turned into Old Yeller.” In a post-mortem in The New York Times, he stated that the filmic Selma had passed away not from cancer, but rather of ‘Old movie disease’. “Someday somebody may find a cure for cancer, but the terminal sappiness of cancer movies is probably beyond remedy.”

Ghosty Men (2003) is the story of the Collyer brothers. Lidz has said that he was inspired by the real-life cautionary tales that his father told him, the most macabre of which was the story of the Collyer brothers, the hermit hoarders of Harlem. The book also recounts the parallel life of Arthur Lidz, the hermit uncle of Unstrung Heroes, who grew up near the Collyer mansion.

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Franz Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Franz Lidz celebrates birthday on September 24 of every year.