NEW YORK — Nikki Finke, the veteran reporter who became one of Hollywood's top journalists as founder of the entertainment trade website Deadline.com and whose sharp-tongued tenacity made her the most-feared columnist in show business, has died. She was 68.
Finke died Sunday in Boca Raton, Florida, after a prolonged illness, according to Deadline.
A famously reclusive blogger, Finke began writing LA Weekly's "Deadline Hollywood" column in 2002 and made it essential reading for gossip and trade news. Four years later, she launched Deadline Hollywood Daily as a website.
