Nikki Finke, Veteran Entertainment Journalist and Deadline Founder, Dies at 68

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Nikki Finke, a veteran journalist, Deadline‘s founder and a major player in the world of Hollywood, has died. She was 68

‘s founder and a major player in the world of Hollywood, has died. She was 68.

Finke passed away on Sunday morning in Boca Raton, Florida, following a prolonged illness, a family spokesperson told. She is survived by her sister, Terry Finke Dreyfus, her sister’s husband James, and nieces Sarah Greenhill and Diana Leighton. Born in 1953, Finke grew up in Sands Point on Long Island before graduating from Wellesley College. Finke’s early career included work at the Associated Press, where she covered politics and worked on the wire’s foreign desk, before later joining the staffs of TThe New York Observer

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Sad to hear this. Nikki was one of the best in the entertainment business. Never afraid of the truth. RIP

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WHAAAAA?!? Terrible news, she had her issues but she was a force.

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