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Nancy Milford, the biographer of Zelda Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 84.

Nancy Milford – the “original flapper” and wife and literary muse of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay – Died at his home on Tuesday. Manhattan. He was 84 years old. His son, Matthew Milford, said the cause had not been determined. A tireless researcher, Milford brought the chaotic, troubled …

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Oppenheimer’s Award-Winning Biographer Martin Sherwin dies at 84

review Janet Maslin of The New York Times described “American Prometheus” as “a work of comprehensive science and clear insight, combining its multifaceted portrait with a keen insight into Oppenheimer’s essential nature.” This nature, he wrote, expressed itself “attractiveness and bravado on the surface, in Dostoevsky darkness below.” Martin Jay Sherwin was born on July …

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