Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorJoe Morella, a former Variety reporter who became a biographer of numerous Hollywood stars, died Aug.
13 of Covid-related illness in San Diego, Calif. He was 81.Morella wrote at least a dozen biographies — often co-authored by Edward Z.
Epstein — of stars including Loretta Young, Lucille Ball, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, Clark Gable and Bob Hope.He also wrote books on Marlon Brando, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward and Simon and Garfunkel.
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