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- Birth nameBenjaman Fong Torres
- Ben Fong Torres was born on January 7, 1945 in Alameda, California, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres (2022), Americathon (1979) and Cycling Through China (1982). He is married to Dianne Sweet.
- SpouseDianne Sweet(? - present)
- Was the last known person to conduct an interview with Jim Morrison. Morrison left for Paris, France, a few weeks later and died in Paris about four months later on July 3, 1971. This lengthy personal interview is available on a CD titled "A Conversation with Jim Morrison".
- A curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Former news editor of Rolling Stone newspaper.
- His father Ricardo Fong-Torres (born Fong Kwok Seung) had to change his surname to Torres and pose as a Filipino citizen to be able to enter the United States. At the time Chinese immigration was restricted by the Exclusion Act. The family later adopted a hyphenated surname, Fong-Torres.
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