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Ben Fong-Torres

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born

January 07, 1945 in Alameda, California, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.benfongtorres.com/

genre

Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment

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Benjamin Fong-Torres (Fāng Zhènháo) is an American rock journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine (through 1981) and the San Francisco Chronicle (from around 1982).

Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Fong-Torres' father, Ricardo Fong-Torres (born Fong Kwok Seung), changed his surname to Torres and posed as a Filipino citizen in order to emigrate to the United States. His family later adopted the hyphenated surname, Fong-Torres. He is the brother of Shirley Fong-Torres.

He was portrayed in the 2000 film Almost Famous by actor Terry Chen. The fictional version of Fong-Torres was character William Miller's editor at Rolling Stone.

In real life, Fong-Torres was a writer and senior editor of Rolli...more

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Books by Ben Fong-Torres

Average rating: 3.78 · 473 ratings · 77 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Hickory Wind: The Life and Times of Gram Parsons 3.79 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son to Rock 'n'Roll 3.65 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Not Fade Away by Ben Fong-Torres, Cameron Crowe (Foreword by) 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Doors by Ben Fong-Torres, Doors, Henry Rollins 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Grateful Dead Scrapbook: The Long, Strange Trip in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Becoming Almost Famous: My Back Pages in Music, Writing, and Life 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Eagles: Taking It to the Limit 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The 'Rolling Stone' rock 'n' roll reader 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974	My rating:
	The Doors by Ben Fong-Torres, Henry Rollins, Thorsten Wortmann (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	My rating: