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<\/a>By Brad Berkwitt<\/strong><\/p>\nPopular best -selling author Jerry Hopkins a man who lived a large part of his life in Bangkok died today at the Camillian Hospital after a long illness, his family announced. He was 82.<\/p>\n
Hopkins, was a very colorful writer who over the years, gained a cult following for his publication of The New York Times best-selling biography of Jim Morrison of The Doors, to be followed by 39 mainstream books and more than 1,000 magazine articles.<\/p>\n
His other biographical subjects include Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Raquel Welch, Yoko Ono, and Don Ho, collectively earning him the title “Dean Of The Pop Biographers.”<\/p>\n
Ringside Report extends our condolences to the Hopkins Family in their time of grief.<\/p>\n