John Wilcock
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John Wilcock (4 August 1927 – September 18, 2018) was a British journalist best known for his work in the underground press as well as his travel guide books. Wilcock, the first news editor of the New York Village Voice, shook up staid publishing in the United States.
His fame extended to many continents, including Australia and the United Kingdom, where he broke the boundaries of image and speech in his mild-mannered way.
Wilcock, the sixties' unsung hero, spent three years as a travel reporter at The New York Times.
Later life and death
Wilcock, a writer from Ojai, California, began distributing the Ojai Orange, a worldwide monthly magazine distributed to his followers in a dozen countries, as well as his weekly column and his weekly public-access television travel show.
Wilcock died in Ojai on September 13, 2018 after suffering multiple strokes at the age of 91.
Early career
Wilcock's career included newspaper publishing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as well as newspapers in the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror.
From 1955 to 1965, he worked on editing the East Village Other, the Village Voice co-founded in 1955.
While working at the Village Voice, he created The Traveler's Directory, a grassroots volunteer hospitality group (sort of a precursor to CouchSurfing). The Traveler's Directory was published from 1960 to 1984, under various editors.
He guest-edited "underground" papers in London, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, before coordinating the Underground Press Syndicate (200 papers worldwide), and then returned to New York to publish his own underground tabloid, Other Scenes.
Arthur Frommer, Mexico, On $5 a Day, Wilcock wrote the first of many travel books, leading up with travel tips from California, Greece, Japan, and India. He co-edited The Witches Almanac during this period (with Elizabeth Pepper). Three new books were born as a result of their collaboration: Magical & Mystical Sites (Europe), an Occult Guide to South America, and A Guide to Occult Britain. He researched and wrote Traveling in Venezuela in 1979 and 1990s and edited 25 books for Insight Guides, on the Venezuelan government's invitation.
Wilcock audiotaped the enigmatic artist's closest friends, requiring them to "explain" him, resulting in the creation of Andy Warhol's autobiography and Sex Life in 1971. This $5 biography became a rare book on Amazon selling at prices close to $1,000. In 2010, a new version of the novel was released.
Wilcock co-founded The Interview magazine with Warhol in 1969.
Wilcock, who migrated to Ojai, California, in 2001, began releasing the Ojai Orange, a worldwide monthly magazine distributed to his friends in a dozen countries, as well as his weekly column and his weekly public-access television travel show.
Wilcock died in Ojai on September 13, 2018 after suffering numerous strokes at the age of 91.