- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Peter Hamill
- Started his career at the New York Post in 1960. He has written for numerous national magazines, has worked as a syndicated columnist, and was most recently editor in chief of the New York Daily News. His books include eight novels, two collections of stories, and A Drinking Life, his bestselling memoir.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Vice-4
- SpousesFukiko Aoki Hamill(May 23, 1987 - August 5, 2020) (his death)Ramona Negron(February 3, 1962 - 1970) (divorced, 2 children)
- Parents
- RelativesDenis Hamill(Sibling)Brian Hamill(Sibling)Kathy Hamill Fischetti(Sibling)Brian Hamill(Sibling)
- Won a Grammy in the "Best Album Notes" category for Bob Dylan's "Blood On the Tracks"
- The premise of his novel "Forever" was inadvertently paralleled by the TV show New Amsterdam (2008).
- Eldest of seven children born to Catholic emigrants from Belfast, Anne Devlin and Billy Hamill. His father was a grocery clerk and his mother was a domestic and grocery store worker.
- Attended a Jesuit high school.
- From his first marriage to Ramona Negron, he has two grown daughters, Adriene (born 1962) and Deirdre (born 1964).
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