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43 '70s and earlier The State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey, honored Joan Padula Campbell '56 and her husband, Bob Campbell, with its Patron Award. They first dated at the State Theatre more than 60 years ago. Marilyn Fisher Gattinella '65 and husband Ron have been honored in Las Vegas, page 11. Michael Pawelczak '72 retired after a successful 44-year career in information technology as a manager, executive, and owner. Ronald Long MAT '74 has been recognized in the 13th edition of Modern Real Estate Practice in Pennsylvania for his work as part of the editorial review team. Long is a real estate attorney, professor, broker, and certified instructor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Fort Lauderdale resident Dennis Marsella '75 is mentioned in the 2016 book Where the Boys (and Girls) Were! The Fun and Sun History of Fort Lauderdale Beach as the "stunt marathon runner known as Coatman." Dennis is now training to run his 31st New York City Marathon and 140th marathon overall. He will run wearing a coat, tie, new blue fedora hat, and black wingtip shoes, and carry a server's tray with drink glasses on it. Robert "Bob" Rossi '75 retired as supervisor of athletics at Hunterdon (New Jersey) Central Regional High School after 24 years and 41 years in education. The next move for Bob and Deborah "Debi" Whalen Rossi '76 is Naples, Florida. Joseph Tassiello '75 is the general superintendent in charge of operations and maintenance with New Jersey Transit–Newark Light Rail. Before that, Joseph had a long career with New York City Transit–Division of Car Equipment. Cover Story Jeff Feuerzeig '86 unspools the story of a literary huckster in his new documentary. Who possesses greater talent? An emotionally scarred, transgender 20-year-old who drew Courtney Love, Tom Waits, Winona Ryder, and Bono into his circle, and published two acclaimed novels? Or the 40-year-old punk rocker turned Brooklyn mom who created him out of whole cloth? Sundance-winning documentary filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig had heard of J. T. Leroy, the wunderkind author, but knew little else about him until it was revealed in 2006 that Leroy had been invented by Laura Albert, the imaginative mother. "All of these respected publications—Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Salon, New York—ran extensive pieces on the story," says Feuerzeig. "I read them all and was intrigued by what was being called 'the greatest literary hoax of our time.' That was the hook for me." Critics have praised Author, Feuerzeig's documentary about Albert and the LeRoy scandal, as "endlessly riveting" [The Guardian], "juicy" [Vanity Fair], and "the movie this crazy, endlessly fascinating story deserves" [New York's Vulture blog]. Amazon Films purchased rights for the film, the first documentary the company has acquired. An uplifter of underdogs, Feuerzeig is also the director of a documentary about the schizophrenic cult musician in The Devil and Daniel Johnston, which received top documentary directing honors from Sundance in 2005, and The Real Rocky, the ESPN film about Bayonne native Chuck "The Bleeder" Wepner, the boxer on whom Sylvester Stallone built his Rocky franchise. The Bleeder, a feature film about Wepner co-written by Feuerzeig, has wrapped production and is due to be released soon. It stars Liev Schreiber as Wepner and Naomi Watts as Wepner's wife. —Renée Olson Author, which opens September 9 in select theaters, will also be streamed by Amazon. The Financial Times calls Feuerzeig's Author "a study in imposture."

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