Gerald Nachman

Gerald Weil Nachman (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author from San Francisco.

Biography Nachman was born January 13, 1938, to Leonard Calvert Nachman, a salesman and actor in the Little Theater movement, and Isabel (Weil) Nachman.

He was a feature writer for the New York Post from 1964–66 and a feature writer and TV critic for New York Daily News from 1972–79, with a stop in the middle as columnist and film critic for the Oakland Tribune. For a time he was best known for his syndicated humor columns, “Double Take” and “The Single Life.” 1963–1966 feature writer for the New York Post 1966–1971 theater and film writer for the Oakland Tribune 1972–1979 columnist, syndicated by the New York Daily News 1979–1993 entertainment and theater writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. 1993–2015 panelist, Minds Over Matter, KALW; accessed April 18, 2018.

Death Nachman died April 14, 2018, at Coventry Place, a senior residence in San Francisco, California, at the age of 80.

Awards ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Newspaper Guild of New York Page One Award

Books

Musical Comedy Revues Quirks (1979) Aftershocks (1993) New Wrinkles (2002)