Died On This Date (June 27, 2002) Timothy White / Music Journalist
themusicsover Timothy White
January 25, 1952 – June 27, 2002
Timothy White was a respected but at times controversial music journalist who started as an AP writer but went on to be editor of the Crawdaddy! the ’70s, senior editor of Rolling Stone in the ’80s, and finally, editor-in-chief of Billboard in the ’90s. He also wrote a handful of popular music biographies, his subjects being the Beach Boys, James Taylor and Bob Marley. But White wasn’t above being written ABOUT as evident by the Eminem lyric, “Let me recite ’til Timothy White, pickets outside the Interscope offices every night.” Although in apparent good health, White died of a heart attack while riding the elevator at his office on June 27, 2002.
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