Former Rolling Stone Reviews Editor Paul Nelson, considered by many a legendary 'first-generation' rock critic, has been found dead in his New York apartment.
Nelson began his music career editing his own publication, Little Sandy Review, through which he was one of the first to write about and influence a young Bob Dylan. He went on to work for both Rolling Stone and pop magazine Circus, plus some other music titles, while during a brief time at Mercury Records he signed the New York Dolls. In 1988 he co-wrote a biography of Rod Stewart with Lester Bangs though, in recent years, he had all but given up writing, except for a screenplay that he said would most likely never be filmed.
Most recently he had been working at an aficionado's video store, and it was the manager of that store who discovered his body at his Manhattan home last Wednesday. Nelson is survived by a son, sister and one grandson.