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I choose this video mainly because its him speaking on his experiences and how he was so determined t o become what he set out to be his telling his own memoir on how he is who he is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUyXvvYBSqE

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this book represents a memoir by him speaking on himself and his experiences and the obstacles he overcame to put him into the position he is in today.
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I chose this video because it gets in detail about what a memoir is. One of the things they talk about in this video is why a memoir is different than diary, and that is because a memoir is a non-fiction literary story.

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This memoir is about Steve Irwin and is written by his father. Memoirs like this help you learn quite a bit about someone, even someone who was famous like Steve Irwin.

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It is possible The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy will also address the Irwin family feud which surfaced last year.

In December, Bob confessed to the Herald Sun he was 'not in contact' with his grandchildren Bindi or Robert.

Bindi later told Daily Mail Australia her grandfather became reclusive in the years following Steve's death in 2006.

'Everyone deals with grief differently,' she said. 'When my dad passed away (Bob) chose to distance himself from everything that dad loved the most.

'At the moment we're really just respecting his wishes because he hasn't had anything to do with us for a long time and he decided his own path.'

It would seem Bob's memoir, co-written with friend and colleague Amanda French, will tell his side of the story.

He said in a press release: 'There are so many people who have been inspired by Steve Irwin. I am really, really proud of that.

'I hope that sharing these stories can be a pertinent reminder of the enormity of his legacy, a legacy that has not only taught us the importance of reconnecting with our environment but to be passionate in doing so.'

While preparing the book, Bob discovered an unopened letter from Steve written 12 years before he was killed by a stingray.

The emotional note was addressed to his parents and reveals a 'bloke' who was 'finally starting to figure it out' at the age of 32.

'Probably one of the most unfortunate things in a 'Bloke's Life' is that it takes over 30 years to realise how essential you have been to build my character, my ethics and, most importantly, my HAPPINESS,' he wrote in the letter published on News.com.au.

'At 32, I am finally starting to figure it out. In good times and in bad, you were there. Your strength and endurance to raise me will not go unrewarded. My love for you is my strength!

'For the rest of my life I will reflect on the unbelievably GREAT times we've shared and will continue to share. You're my best friends!'

Bob, 77, told the publication the unopened letter, addressed to himself and wife Lyn, fell out of a book while he was researching his memoir.

A message on the envelope read: 'Please be happy to know that your strength and wisdom have been passed on.'

Just 12 years after writing this letter, Steve passed away in the waters off Port Douglas in Far North Queensland at the age of 44.

The 10th anniversary of Steve's tragic death falls this Sunday, on Father's Day.

His daughter Bindi was just eight years old. Her brother Robert was not yet three.

In the years since, Steve's wife Terri and children have taken up where Irwin left off, as powerful voices for conservation in Australia.

Bindi, now 18, says she's proud to be able to build upon her father's legacy.

'We can still feel him around us, and we hope he would be proud of us,' she told the Nine Network this week.

Robert, now 12, added: 'It is incredible that we get to carry on where he left off.'

The family hasn't said how they'll mark the 10-year anniversary of Irwin's death on Sunday.

They have always kept the details of their grieving process private.

Back in 2011, Bob offered a glimpse of the rituals he depends on to keep the memory of his son alive.

He spoke of his evening walks along a well-worn track from the back of his farmhouse to a fire pit where he thinks of Steve.

'It's something I do privately. I get messages from Steve and I don't mind admitting I talk to him,' he told AAP.

'If people think I'm crazy, that's fine. I talk to the animals too.'

He also revealed: 'It's something I'll never completely get over. I don't think you do.

'But what you do is learn to live with it. I know Steve's out there and he helps me do what I've got to do.'

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Steve Irwin's father Bob releases memoir about the 'Crocodile Hunter'

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It is possible The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy will also address the Irwin family feud which surfaced last year. In December, Bob confessed to the Herald Sun he was 'not in contact' with his grandchildren Bindi or Robert.

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I chose this picture because it shows that there is more than one thing to a story.

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This is a great article of a behind the scene look at beach boys Mike love's memoir. http://www.people.com/article/beach-boys-mike-love-memoir-good-vibrations

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This is a Voice Audio summary of a great sports memoir book. I suggest that you should read this book sometime it's a great one.

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This picture pretty much sums up memoir. "What's your story?"

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I chose this video because it is a discussion of an NBA legend's memoir.

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Oh, hey, Amy, I'm here with ESPN analyst and a good friend, former NBA superstar bill Walton, written a new memoir "Back from the dead," searching for the sound, shining the light and throwing it down, chronicling his athletic highs, injury lows, so much more and sharing the lessons he's learn add long the way and I was distracted looking at all these pictures. Yes, our dog. Greatest dog in the history -- he just passed a week ago. It was the saddest thing. I was holding him in my arms and just crying. Cortez, he rescued me and I wasn't able to do the same for him. Oh, how did he rescue you? He gave me my life back. He became my service dog and service dogs, they make you happy. They open up whole new worlds and this dog was so kind and so generous and so gentle and so intelligent, robin. Just beautiful. And I loved him so. I lost my jack Russell after almost 18 years so I can sympathize recently. But you talk about Cortez. You talk about that time in your life and when you open your book, start Reading it -- It's very dark. It's a very dark beginning because you really had thought, hey, life isn't worth living. You had all these chronic injuries. My body failed me and as you and I both know, it's about health and family and I had lost everything. I lost my job. I lost my hope. I lost the dream. I no longer believe that life was worth living and so I've got this partnership with Simon & Schuster. We're very, very happy and it's just been fun. It's been staggering to come here and spend the week in new York and to see the outpouring of love and all the stories that have come back and then to sit here with you and know your story and how my story is all played out and the roller coaster ride and we all think that we're just going to be able to just go right on through but that's not the way life works. To be able to come here today, sit on this stage with you and to see your empire just going so fantastic and then have these pictures and the coach and the bus and Luke's wedding right there. Your family. Raising money for the children of Lithuania with the grateful dead and Chris mullen. See, that's you, bill Walton. You're like all over the map and people who are not familiar with you, your college career, the legendary John at ucla. I ruined his life. I had no idea. I was a teenager. I'm a hippie and he was so organized and so structured and was so used to everybody just saying, sir, yes, sir and I wanted to ask why. You know, why I had to cut my hair. Why I had had shave. Why I had to wear clothes -- You did it. I did it because there was nothing more important than being on the team and I didn't realize, robin, how special he was until I left because everything I had as a child, I had the greatest childhood. We had nothing but we had everything. We had family. We had San Diego where I till live to this very day and then we had heroes and role model, bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, bobby Kennedy, martin Luther king Jr., Sargent shriver, bob Dylan, jerry Garcia, Neil young, all convincing us we could ring the Chinas of freedom. We could get out there and make a difference and do something to change the world and then so I thought everybody had that same life and it wasn't until I joined the NBA when I was 21 that I realized that was not the case at all. No, but you put in your contract with Portland that you could be a free spirit. That you could -- They were all excited. Everybody was all pumped up and signed the largest contract in the history of sports at the time, team sports. Only thing I cared about nobody was going to tell me after four years with John wooden nobody would tell me when to shave, when to cut my hair or what clothes to wear supply love the fact you stayed in touch with coach wooden for -- 43-year relationship. High school student, he recruited me, college student, '70 through '74 and 36 years as his friend where I made a conscious decision, I was no longer going to cause consternation and problem in his life. And so there's one of the pictures where I got my arm around him. I see that. Vip's restaurant where we used to have breakfast all the time and I begged him. I went to vip's but I couldn't get him to come out on the grateful dead tour. He offered to take me to the Lawrence welk concert and also I couldn't get him to come to death valley where we loved to ride our bikes. We have will Allen here an intern in the NFL and you have made that great transition from pro ball. Will, I'm bill. I have two Ls. Do you have two Ls, I do. You have a question. You had a successful career after sports. What was your number one tip you'd give to other professional athletes -- Make your dream your job and make your job your life. Make your job your life. And then you cannot finish unless you start. Ooh. Get in the game. Do not wait for the game of life to fall in your lap. Chase it down. Just jump right in. You're going to fail. You're going to make mistakes, risk and failure are all part of it and when all fails and just totally lost, just call robin. Just call robin. Oh. She has all the answers. No. She's been there. She has done everything. She has built her life from the ground up. So sweet. The daughter of a tuskegee a airman. Thank you, bill. Coming here, the health challenges, building it all and because you're going to fail. You're going to stumble. Absolutely. What you have to do is get back up and get going right away. Jump back on that bike when you crash. Jump back into the game of life. Jump back into business. And always call robin. Bill Walton, ladies and gentlemen, bill Walton is here in our studio. Thank you. Thank you. Never forget it's about health and family. Everything else is -- Are you taking notes here. Mental notes. From both of. You bless you, bless you, bless you. We love you, robin. We love you right back. "Back from the dead" in stores now. Do yourself a favor and pick it up.

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Video: NBA Legend Bill Walton Discusses New Memoir

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Oh, hey, Amy, I'm here with ESPN analyst and a good friend, former NBA superstar bill Walton, written a new memoir "Back from the dead," searching for the sound, shining the light and throwing it down, chronicling his athletic highs, injury lows, so much more and sharing the lessons he's learn add long the way and I was distracted looking at all these pictures.

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One thing a memoir can be used for is to explain how much you love your parents.

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Bob Irwin's memoirs will contain a touching letter he found that his famous son Steve had penned to his parents 12 years before he died.

Mr Irwin announced his memoirs would be released in October, with the announcement coming just days before the 10th anniversary of his son's death.

The 77-year-old has co-written his book with Amanda French and the letter turned up while Mr Irwin was researching for the book.

The letter the late TV personality wrote to his parents appeared on a News Corp site on Thursday.

It displays how much appreciation Steve, who died on September 4, 2006, had for Bob and Lyn.

"Probably one of the most unfortunate things in a 'Bloke's Life' is that it takes over 30 years to realise how essential you have been to build my character, my ethics and, most importantly, my HAPPINESS," the Crocodile Hunter wrote.

"At 32, I am finally starting to figure it out. In good times and in bad, you were there. Your strength and endurance to raise me will not go unrewarded. My love for you is my strength!

"For the rest of my life I will reflect on the unbelievably GREAT times we've shared and will continue to share. You're my best friends!"

Steve died after being stung multiple times by a stingray off Queensland.

"Working on this book I have been constantly reminded of Steve's boundless energy, infectious humour and unrestrained passion for wildlife," Mr Irwin says.

The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy, which follows Mr Irwin's journey from a Melbourne plumber to conservationist, will be launched on October 25.

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Bob Irwin's memoirs will contain a touching letter he found that his famous son Steve had penned to his parents 12 years before he died. Mr Irwin announced his memoirs would be released in October, with the announcement coming just days before the 10th anniversary of his son's death.

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This picture shows that no one else can write your story.

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This pitcher lets me know about memoir because all it is is discribing it,

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this is a key memoir for me mainly because everyday I wake up its the first thing I see and the last thing I see when I got to bed, I wrote it on a piece of paper and tapped it to my wall I've been reading the same quote for over 2 years and have no plans on stopping.   http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a3/2c/86/a32c862354fd21c4d1a642f72cae3e63.jpg

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i chose this video because i think it is sort of a memoir

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Video contains highlights of the greatest running back of all-time, Emmitt Smith. The song is The Cowboy in Me by Tim McGraw

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good example that shows that beng very descriptive is good
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This is a song that embodies a memoir in my opinion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDAMzpJiXrI

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This picture stuck out out to me cause it really shows that when we read a memoir we are seeing the world through another persons eyes and through different things they have experienced. and when writing one we have the ability to influence someones way of thought through our personal experiences.

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I chose this video because it shows you that if you work hard enough you can achieve anything you want in life you just have to believe and achieve. It doesn't matter how tough the object is just pray and work hard and you can overcome it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aq1AxrDVvo

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I chose this article because this kid had to overcome so much with already only having one eye and still being able to play basketball with one eye and then 2 years ago he receives the worst news of his life and that is that he has marfain syndrome and he can't play basketball anymore.
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I chose this picture because everybody doubted Lebron James and the cavs and said they wouldn't beat the 73-9 Golden State Warriors and he did what everybody said he couldn't do and beat them. I chose this picture because I've always wanted to be like Lebron James he's my role model my hero so that's what memoir means to me.

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i chose this because they are my favorite players. one was hard working the other was gifted.

https://youtu.be/zpkQmdckvVE

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i chose this article because it was the only one that i found. I also did because my best friend since i was about 6 came out in it with me. We have both played soccer on the same team since the age of 6. We went on to win golden league my junior year for my second year in a row
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20150123/littlerock-boys-soccer-rallies-past-knight-after-teammates-neck-injury

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this book tells me about memoir because of the story line you. which is you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. A girl named Emma Watson and she got traped in side a model . she always looked at them stuck up tell she got put in the models shoes. now she know that is a lot harder then it looks.

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i chose to do this picture because it was a great senior year. i won MVP of the league 1st team all conference   and had the most goals of the year.

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this man is a huge reason why i contuinue to strive everyday why i always wake up with a goal everyday.

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Its a song about a soldier. I can relate to it because its say no matter what you go through you may seem like you have not changed to others but you yourself have changed and you know it

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I can relate to this picture as a memoir because I pretty much based my life/work ethic on Emmit Smith.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, i chose to do this one specifically because i do believe he had to word to be where he is. he was talented but his hard work is what made him.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, the world-famous football (or soccer in American lingo) forward of Real Madrid and captain of the Portugal football team, has just been crowned the world's richest athlete by Forbes. Fresh from leading Real Madrid to victory in the Champions League and a short vacation aboard his luxury yacht in Ibiza, Ronaldo can add the title to his long list of titles - that is in case there's still space.

For when it comes to football, nobody else aside from Lionel Messi owns as many honors as Cristiano Ronaldo. Certainly, to be considered the richest athlete in the world is sheer icing on the cake, as Ronaldo has already been considered the best footballer in the world, according to The Guardian.

The title of the richest athlete in the world belonged previously to boxer Floyd Mayweather. No doubt, Cristiano Ronaldo will find a way to squeeze in this new recognition to his personal roster. After all, Ronaldo is a known as a hog for titles.

Unlike his humble counterpart, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo makes no qualms about his audacity, his fiercely competitive nature, and of course, his macho image. It's an image Ronaldo loves to flaunt before all the sports cameras of the world by taking off his shirt as often as he can to display abs that are yet to find an equal. Even David Beckham fails in comparison.

The world's highest-paid athlete, @Cristiano, made $88 million this year https://t.co/qRKdY3Tgb6 pic.twitter.com/oIqpylKE4s

- Forbes (@Forbes) June 8, 2016

After his team's Champions League victory on May 28, Cristiano was spotted in Ibiza aboard his yacht. On June 8, Cristiano Ronaldo would resume his soccer duties for Team Portugal by scoring two goals against Estonia during the Euro 2016 tune-up, reports Sports Illustrated.

A photo posted by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on

Obviously, taking some days off did the star athlete good. While Ronaldo was on break in Ibiza, rumors swirled regarding the identity of a tall brunette who was spotted being cozy with him on his yacht. The Mirror would later confirm that the hottie was Paula Suarez, a Colombian model. Here's more on the Mirror scoop.

" The pair are said to have partied together after meeting at Ibiza nightclub Amnesia... Ronaldo invited her to a party on the boat. It was just a one-night thing. The stunning south American actress...has nearly 350,000 followers on Instagram."

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Ronaldo's mystery girl is revealed as gorgeous Colombian model Paula Suarez [Pics] https://t.co/pzOYMW7Dks pic.twitter.com/Bg257SGjAz

- 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) June 7, 2016

The source also said that, since Cristiano Ronaldo broke up with Russian haute couture model Irina Shayk in 2015, the soccer sensation has been seen dating several different women. Another such woman was Nataly Rincon who the source quotes as having said the following of Ronaldo.

Nataly Rincón: "CRIS " eres el mejor jugador después de anotar mas de 50 goles en 6 temporadas consecutivas cr7best" pic.twitter.com/cLjCjE3SBr

- Futbol En Grande (@FutbolGrandeco) May 17, 2016

"He's very flirtatious. The other women in the restaurant were drinking and wanted their claws into him...He stood in front of me and said, look at how I dance, and he danced in a really sensual, sexy way."

Apparently, Cristiano Ronaldo works hard and plays hard. As the most decorated soccer player in history, the chest-thumping Ronaldo rose from humble origins. In an interview with Mirror, he said the following.

"I was brought up with nothing, we were very poor. I had no toys and no Christmas presents. I shared a room with my brother and two sisters and my parents slept in the other."

World's highest-paid athletes:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Lionel Messi
3. LeBron James https://t.co/dufpzvzsr7 pic.twitter.com/im4O2W6LBB

- Forbes (@Forbes) June 8, 2016

Indeed, Cristiano Ronaldo has come a long way. Come to think of it, he is now the world's richest athlete. The following is what CNN says about the distinction.

"Forbes estimates that Portugal captain Ronaldo, who will be one of the biggest stars at Euro 2016 in France, earned a staggering $88 million (£60.4m) last year. That puts him clear at the top of the American business magazine's annual compilation of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes - and it means he is again ahead of Barcelona rival Lionel Messi, with the pair having finished third and fourth last year."

Ronaldo is definitely on top of the world. Women swoon at his mere presence as if they could instantaneously smell pure, unadulterated testosterone oozing from his soccer-tested body. He also has the looks and the right moves. He stands 6′ 1″ tall and is all muscle from head to toe. In short, Cristiano Ronaldo is the textbook definition of what an alpha male should be, mercurial temper included. He once threw a chair at one of his school teachers and got expelled for it. The reason?

"He disrespected me," says the lean and mean machine. While he claims to have a great sense of humor and a good heart, there is no predicting what Cristiano Ronaldo will do in any given situation at work or elsewhere.

[Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images]

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Cristiano Ronaldo, the world-famous football (or soccer in American lingo) forward of Real Madrid and captain of the Portugal football team, has just been crowned the world's richest athlete by Forbes.

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A wonderful architect. I can relate because my husband and I built our own house.

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This is the first-hand account of a young couple who in 1936 challenged Wright to produce a decent house for $5,000. Wright responded with the in­novations-floor heating, flat roof, con­crete floor, solid walls, grouping of utili­ties, carport, seclusion from the street but openness to a garden through banks of door windows-that made their house the revolutionary "Usonia Num­ber One."

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How is a memoir different than a diary?  Watch to find out. 3:21 min.

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Read Gene Wilder's review of his memoir. He was in the film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Did you know he died this week at age 83?

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Gene Wilder, the star of classic films including "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Young Frankenstein," has died at age 83. Here is a 2005 review of his memoir from The Times:

Gene Wilder's frank, charming memoir, "Kiss Me Like a Stranger," is refreshingly free from the two major sins of show-biz autobiographies: self-aggrandizement and score-settling. Oh, he tosses a few zingers at Carol Channing for her diva-like behavior during a summer tour of "The Millionairess," and he isn't terribly nice to his first wife. But none of the stories he tells about others are nearly as embarrassing as his cheerful recollections of the questions he was afraid to ask when buying his first condom ("I mean, exactly when do you put it on and do you ask the woman for help and when do you take it off?"), or of a less-than-torrid extramarital affair ("I guess you could have counted to seven or eight, and then boom.").

Apparently, someone whose most memorable roles have been as neurotic nebbishes doesn't mind sharing humiliating youthful moments, none of which would be out of character for his Leo Bloom in "The Producers" or Dr. Frankenstein (which he pronounced "Frahnkenshteen") in "Young Frankenstein." Seven years of therapy probably helped: Wilder's first chapter begins as he walks nervously into psychiatrist Marjorie Wallis' Manhattan office in 1962, and the sessions with her become a framework for his account of his early life and career. A device that could have been cringe-inducing works remarkably well, with Wallis serving as a blunt Greek chorus ("your marriage stinks") who helps Wilder sort out, in particular, his complicated feelings about his chronically ill mother, whose suffering made him feel guilty about ever being happy.

Add a few years of Stanislavsky-based training and you begin to understand why Wilder's funniest performances exude a whiff of melancholy. "Make it real" was the imperative instilled by Method high priest Lee Strasberg, and Wilder carried it with him into comedy. It's amusing, and revealing, to learn that he used the memory of his shivering little dog for the hilarious scene in "The Producers" when he goes berserk because Zero Mostel has snatched his blue "blankie." You believe Wilder when he confides that he got hired for "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" because Woody Allen needed "an actor who could believably fall in love with a sheep and play it straight." Details about his second marriage and a difficult relationship with a stepdaughter reveal insecurities and neediness that Wilder, like any good actor, used in his work.

But when it comes to neediness, no one could top Wilder's third wife, comedian Gilda Radner, whose exuberant, exhausting personality dominates the book's three most interesting chapters. Radner was, he writes, "the most generous and compassionate and original person I had ever known." She was also a "clinging baby pulling at my shirt sleeve every minute." It's tough to be honest about a popular star who died prematurely, but Wilder makes palpable both his love and his exasperation as Radner battled ovarian cancer and, like many terminally ill people, vented her pain and rage on those closest to her. When he explodes, "just get off of yourself! I don't know how to help you any more than I'm doing," he's venting not just his own frustration but that of anyone who's ever been in the unbearable situation of watching someone they love die without the well-scripted grace of a Hollywood movie. Wilder's nuanced portrait of Richard Pryor similarly balances the pleasures of working with a comic genius against the aggravation of dealing with a mercurial, often hostile -- and while working on "Stir Crazy," drug-crazed -- individual.

If this all sounds awfully serious, be assured that Wilder tells plenty of entertaining stories about his work with everyone, including Jerome Robbins, Mike Nichols, Mel Brooks and Zero Mostel.

"Kiss Me Like a Stranger" is as witty a memoir as you're likely to get from a 71-year-old survivor of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. It's also a reflective and well-written meditation on the life of someone who has more on his mind than the next big part or belly laugh.

Wendy Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."

St. Martin's Press: 272 pp., $23.95

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Key words help to describe what is included in a memoir.