- He began writing his first novel, "Sharky's Machine", at the age of 50 while serving jury duty.
- He started out as a writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He also worked as a freelance photographer and magazine editor.
- As a child, Mae West was once his babysitter.
- He had six toes amputated in 2001, the lingering result of having suffered frostbite while flying bombing missions in World War II.
- He met Martin Luther King in the mid-1960s as a photographer for the United States Information Agency and became his photographer of choice.
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