Ben Fong Torres
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Ben Fong-Torres with Donald Sutherland at the Mill Valley Film Festival, 2005.
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January 7, 1945 Alameda, California |
| Occupation | rock journalist, author, and broadcaster |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University |
| Notable awards | Deems Taylor Award for Magazine Writing, 1974, N. Calif. Emmy Awards, 2004, 2007, 2008. |
| Spouse | Dianne |
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| Chinese | 方振豪 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Fōng Janhoùh | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Jyutping | Fong1 Zan3hou4 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fāng Zhènháo [fáŋ ʈʂə̂nxǎu] |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Fāng Zhènháo [fáŋ ʈʂə̂nxǎu] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Fōng Janhoùh |
| Jyutping | Fong1 Zan3hou4 |
Benjamin "Ben" Fong-Torres (; Cantonese: Fong Chan Ho; born January 7, 1945, in Alameda, California) is an American rock journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine (through 1981) and the San Francisco Chronicle (from around 1982).
Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Fong-Torres' father Ricardo (born Fong Kwok Seung), changed his surname to Torres and posed as a Filipino in order to immigrate to the United States. His family later adopted the hyphenated surname, Fong-Torres. He is the brother of the late Shirley Fong-Torres.
Fong-Torres, who graduated from San Francisco State University in 1966 with a B.A. in radio-TV-film, was a writer and senior editor of Rolling Stone nearly from the magazine's inception.
He conducted interviews for Rolling Stone of entertainment figures including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, comedian Steve Martin and Linda Ronstadt's first cover story in 1975. He also profiled Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, Bonnie Raitt, Paul McCartney and Rodney Dangerfield. A Fong-Torres interview with Ray Charles was awarded the Deems Taylor Award for Magazine Writing in 1974.
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