John Pascal
8 July 1932 – 7 January 1981
**John Pascal** was an American playwright, screenwriter, author, and journalist. His works include collaboration on the book for the Broadway musical *George M!*, which was also released on NBC, and on scripts for the ABC soap opera *The Young Marrieds*. Mr. Pascal was a novelist, as well, authoring such books as *The Strange Case of Patty Hearst*, *The Jean Harlow Story*, and *Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Story of Her Life, Her Loves and Her Death*. Early in his career, he worked as a journalist and an editor for *The New York Times*. He later developed and wrote a weekly Sunday column for N
