Steve Marinucci is a long-time journalist and author. He worked 37 years for the San Jose Mercury News beginning as a copy boy then working his way up to Inquiring Reporter (Man on the Street) through the Features Copy Desk to TV Magazine Editor and Calendar Section Editor. After leaving the Mercury News, he started a prolific freelance writing career and was published on Examiner.com, Medium.com, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, and Goldmine, among others. Online, he established the first Beatles news website, Abbeyrd's Beatles Page, which scooped the media with deep reports on George Harrison's illness and passing, Paul McCartney's appearance at Ringo Starr's 70th birthday celebration at Radio City Music Hall, and the very first reports of the scheduling of the Concert For George.
