Nelson w aldrich biography of michael jackson

American editor and writer (1935–2022)

Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich Jr. (April 11, 1935 – March 8, 2022) was an American editor and author.

He was noted for writing Old Money: The Mythology of Wealth in America (Alfred A. Knopf, 1988; Allworth Press, 1996), Tommy Hitchcock: An American Hero (Fleet Street Corporation, 1985), as well as George, Being George (Random House, 2008), the story of author and socialite George Plimpton.

Early life

Aldrich was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 11, 1935.^[1] His father, Nelson Aldrich III, worked as an architect and was chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; his mother was Eleanor (Tweed).^[2] They divorced when Aldrich was three years old.^[3] His great-grandfather, Nelson W.

Aldrich, was a leader of the Republican Party in the Senate and fundamental in the founding of the Federal Reserve banking system in the United States.^[2] Aldrich initially attend