Bill Zehme

Bill Zehme was the author of the New York Times bestseller The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' and Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman. He coauthored memoirs by Jay Leno and Regis Philbin, served as a longtime writer at large for Esquire , and contributed to other publications including Rolling Stone , Playboy , and Vanity Fair . A native and lifelong resident of Chicago, he died in 2023.

Bill Zehme was the author of the New York Times bestseller The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' and Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman. He coauthored memoirs by Jay Leno and Regis Philbin, served as a longtime writer at large for Esquire , and contributed to other publications including Rolling Stone , Playboy , and Vanity Fair . A native and lifelong resident of Chicago, he died in 2023. See less