found: Email from the author's son, Sep. 11, 2001 (Irwin Stambler, my father, is the author of books on sports (Bill Walton, Catfish Hunter, Great moments in auto racing, Women in sports, etc.), music (The pop, rock & soul encyclopedia, Folk, country & western encyclopedia, Country music: the encyclopedia, Folk & blues: the encyclopedia, etc.), and science and technology (Find a career in aviation, Project Gemini, Underwater exploration, etc.))
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 17, 2017 (Irwin Stambler; b. Nov. 20, 1924, Brooklyn; d. Feb. 10, Los Angeles, aged 92; was trained as an aeronautics engineer, but his deep love for music inspired him to write The encyclopedia of pop, rock, and soul)
Stambler, Irwin
