Profiling Ali in 1998, Peter Richmond found his subject quiet where once he was noisy, still where once he was quick, but still confounding his enemies and interlocutors.
A man of appetites, a blend of Falstaff and Santa Claus, the actor John Goodman charmed everyone within earshot—and he could out act anyone in the room.
In the ’80s the 'Beverly Hills Cop' star was as hot as it got in Hollywood, and somehow everything went sour. Peter Richmond caught up with him in comeback mode.
Peter Richmond lost his father when he was 7. Years later, on a trip to Guadalcanal to research his dad's World War II experience, he encountered old horrors but found a hero.
Entering his seventh decade, the actor put auto racing in the rear-view mirror, found satisfaction in his charitable business, and turned in some of his most nuanced performances.
At 25, Lane Frost was a popular and prize-winning bull rider when he was killed by a bull he was riding. Peter Richmond eulogizes a fallen star.