Archive for May 15th, 2012

Obit watch: Naked came the reporter.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Mike McGrady, reporter for Newsday.

Mr. McGrady was also somewhat famous for being one of the instigators behind the legendary Naked Came the Stranger:

…the Village Voice rapturously described the book as being “of such perfectly realized awfulness that it will suck your soul right out of your brainpan and through your mouth, and you will happily let it go.”

The book is attributed to “Penelope Ashe” but was actually written by a group of 25 Newsday reporters, with McGrady and Harvey Aronson editing their work.

And there’s a punchline at the end of the obit which I won’t spoil for you.