But he was best known for two works that became touchstones in their respective genres - campaign books ("The Selling of the President") and true crime ("Fatal Vision"). The tall, talkative McGinniss had early dreams of becoming a sports reporter and wrote books about soccer, horse racing and travel. Optimistic almost to the end, he had for months posted regular updates on Facebook and Twitter, commenting on everything from foreign policy to his health. His attorney and longtime friend Dennis Holahan said he died at a hospital in Worcester, Mass. McGinniss, who announced last year that he had been diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer, died from complications related to his disease. McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the marketing of Richard Nixon in "The Selling of the President 1968" and tracked his personal journey from sympathizer to scourge of convicted killer Jeffrey MacDonald in the blockbuster "Fatal Vision," died Monday at age 71. Whether insisting on the guilt of a murder suspect after seemingly befriending him or moving next door to Sarah Palin's house for a most unauthorized biography, McGinniss was unique in his determination to get the most inside information, in how publicly he burned bridges with his subjects and how memorably he placed himself in the narrative. NEW YORK (AP) - Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.
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