Writer, Warhol associate and TV Party host Glenn O'Brien dies aged 70

The New York renaissance man was a key player in the city’s punk, fashion and creative scenes for decades – and got his start in Warhol’s Factory

Glenn O’Brien, the New York cultural figure who was an author, musician, magazine editor, style guru, TV host and key figure at Andy Warhol’s Factory, has died aged 70.

Described by Rolling Stone, one of the publications he edited along with Warhol’s Interview, as a “renaissance man”, O’Brien was perhaps best known as the host of TV Party – the public access show on which he interviewed guests such as Debbie Harry and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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