Robin Williams biography will be written by a New York Times reporter
Dave Itzkoff, a New York Times culture journalist, is planning to release a biography of Robin Williams.听
Williams, known for such films as 鈥淕ood Morning, Vietnam,鈥� 鈥淒ead Poets Society,鈥� and 鈥淎laddin,鈥� died on Aug. 11.听
Itzkoff鈥檚 book will be published by Henry Holt and Company but a title and release date have not yet been set, according to the .
The writer is also the author of a 2011 memoir titled 鈥淐ocaine鈥檚 Son鈥� and a book about the making of the 1976 film 鈥淣etwork鈥� titled 鈥淢ad As Hell,鈥� which was published this past February.
鈥淩obin Williams was a cultural hero of mine, and in the encounters and interactions I was able to share with him, he was always gentle and generous, humane and thoughtful and hilarious,鈥� Itzkoff said in a .
The reporter had written pieces on Williams that included an interview in 2009 after Williams had heart surgery. He also talked with Williams about his friendship with Billy Crystal, who delivered a tribute to Williams at the Emmy Awards on Aug. 25.
