Richard Johnson (columnist)

Richard Johnson is an American gossip columnist with the New York Post's Page Six column, which he edited for 25 years. Described by the New York Times as "a journalistic descendant of Walter Winchell",[1] in 1994 he was ranked the No. 1 New York City gossip columnist by New York magazine in a list that also included Liz Smith, Michael Musto, and Cindy Adams.[2]

Richard Johnson
BornJanuary 16, 1954
New York, NY
OccupationColumnist, Editor
CitizenshipUSA
Alma materUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, Empire State College
GenreNews, Gossip
SpousePatty Costick (divorced), Nadine Johnson (divorced), Sessa von Richthofen (m. 2006)
ChildrenDamon Johnson, Jack Johnson, Alessandra Johnson

Early life

Johnson was raised in Greenwich Village, New York, the son of a magazine editor father and a mother who worked in public relations. He attended the University of Colorado, Boulder, and later Empire State College, New York, from which he received a communications degree.[3] His first newspaper work was with the Chelsea-Clinton News.

NY Post

He joined the New York Post in 1978 as a general-assignment reporter, and took charge of Page Six after the departure of editor Susan Mulcahy.[4] He worked briefly for the New York Daily News & The Observer in the 1990's. He left the Post in 2010 to work in Los Angeles for Rupert Murdoch's startup The Daily,[5] and returned in 2013.[6] After returning to Page Six, he later retired in 2019 after serving for nearly four decades.[7][8]

NY Daily News

Since 2021 he has been writing a weekly gossip column for the NY DailyNews.[9][10]

Personal life

He was previously married to Nadine Johnson, a New York City publicist.[11][12][4] In 2006 he married Sessa von Richthofen.[13] He has 3 children, artist Damon Johnson[14] with his first wife Patty Costick, Jack Johnson with Nadine Johnson, and Alessandra Johnson with Sessa von Richthofen.[15]

References
  1. Arango, Tim (7 October 2010). "The Editor of Page Six Is Departing After 25 Years". The New York Times.
  2. Szabo, Jlia (August 1, 1994). "Gossip, Gossip, and More Gossip". New York. pp. 22–30.
  3. Grigoriadis, Vanessa (July 19, 2004). "Payback". New York.
  4. Allon, Janet. "The Face of Page Six". ManhattanMedia.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "Rupert Murdoch's The Daily: what can we expect?". the Guardian. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  6. Martin, Adam (September 11, 2013). "Richard Johnson Returning to New York As a Post Gossip Columnist". Daily Intelligencer.
  7. "Shocker: Gossip King Richard Johnson Retiring from the New York Post After 41 Years Scooping Everyone". 12 April 2019.
  8. ""I Didn't Really Deck Him": New York Post Gossip King Richard Johnson Drops a Dime on Himself—He's Retiring". Vanity Fair. 12 April 2019.
  9. "Richard Johnson: Megan Thee Stallion's rosy anniversary in NYC". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  10. "Gossip star Richard Johnson returns to Daily News for an encore". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  11. Handelman, David (April 22, 1996). "His & Her Power". New York. pp. 24–31.
  12. Robertson, Campbell (April 10, 2006). "Behind Gossip, There's Often a Relationship". The New York Times.
  13. "Exclusive Look Inside the King of Gossip's Wedding". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  14. Smillie, Dirk. "The Selling of a Bad Boy". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  15. "Page Six's Richard Johnson welcome a girl". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
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