01864cam a2200337 i 4500 1384412274 OCoLC 20240427135423.0 230622s2024 nyu e b 000 0beng d 9781668006269 (OCoLC)1384412274 AJM PN1992.4 B 23 791.4302/8092273 23/eng/20240226 Wappler, Margaret, author, narrator. 16991 A good bad boy : Luke Perry and how a generation grew up / Margaret Wappler. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. xv, 319 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of 90's stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded of their own inescapable mortality, and robbed of an exciting career resurgence for one of their most cherished icons, with recent roles in the hit series Riverdale and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood bringing him renewed attention and acclaim. Only upon his death, as stories poured out online about his authenticity and kindness, did it become clear how little was known about the exceedingly humble actor and how deeply he impacted popular culture. Here, Margaret Wappler attempts to understand who Perry was and why he was unique among his Hollywood peers. Perry, Luke, 1966-2019. 16992 Actors United States Biography. 10344 Biographies. lcgft 5221 .b188812234 ddc BOOK 29600 29600 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ B 2024-04-27 28.99 0 B PERR 66091 2024-04-27 2024-04-27 BOOK 1