Michael Herr
American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 76
Michael David Herr was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire (1967-1969) during the Vietnam War.
Michael Herr is read about 111 times a day, in 22 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Rainmaker (1997)
R. Lee Ermey Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
Stanley Kubrick Directed Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Marlon Brando Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
Michael Douglas Produced The Rainmaker (1997)
Robert Duvall Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
Scott Glenn Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
Frederic Forrest Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
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Colleen Camp Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
G. D. Spradlin Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)- Sam Bottoms Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
Albert Hall Michael wrote Apocalypse Now (1979)
Jan Harlan Produced Full Metal Jacket (1987)- Steven Reuther Produced The Rainmaker (1997)
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The book was called "the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" by fellow author C.D.B. Bryan in his review for The New York Times Book Review. Novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time."
