Perry Deane Young, American journalist and playwright, Died at 77

Perry Deane Young was born on March 27, 1941, and died on January 1, 2019.

He was a journalist, author, playwright, historian, and professional gardener.

Young was the author of Two of the Missing, the story entails about fellow journalists Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, who disappeared during the Vietnam War and whose fates remain unknown, and the co-author of The David Kopay Story, a biography of 1970's professional football player David Kopay, who revealed in 1975 that he was gay.

He knew about his sexuality difference from an early stage, writing candidly about it in Two of the Missing, and has written or co-written books with gay-related themes, including The David Kopay Story and Lesbians and Gays and Sports.

Young resided in the basement of a non-profit counseling and support group in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, working around the building in lieu of rent, from 1993 until his death.

Perry Deane Young passed away at 77 years old.