{{Short description|American biographer (1959–2018)}} {{use mdy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Brian Kellow | image = Polly and Brian (9167970006).jpg | caption = Kellow at Cornelia Street | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1959|3|1}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|7|22|1959|3|1}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Oregon State University | employer = | occupation = Biographer and magazine editor | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = Scott Barnes | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Brian Kellow''' (March 1, 1959 – July 22, 2018) was an American biographer and magazine editor. As an editor at ''Opera News'' from 1988 to 2016,<ref name="operanewsobit">{{cite news |title=Brian Kellow, Acclaimed Author and OPERA NEWS's Longtime Features Editor, has Died|first=Fred |last=Cohn |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2018/7/News/Brian_Kellow.html |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=Opera News |date=July 22, 2018 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722211913/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2018/7/News/Brian_Kellow.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/brian-kellow-obituary|title=A Loving Remembrance of Brian Kellow (March 1, 1959 – July 22, 2018) | WQXR Blog|website=WQXR|first=Fed|last=Plotkin|date=23 July 2018 |access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> he commissioned hundreds of articles from a range of writers, seeking out well-known voices and cultivating young talent. In addition to his monthly column in ''Opera News'', his own articles appeared in ''Vanity Fair'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Observer'', ''Opera'', and other publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/229354/brian-kellow|title=Brian Kellow | Penguin Random House|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref>
He was the author of five biographies: ''Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell'', published in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/books/reviews/20000319review457.asp|title='Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell' by Eileen Farrell and Brian Kellow|website=old.post-gazette.com|access-date=Apr 26, 2020}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> ''The Bennetts: An Acting Family'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pre-code.com/book-look-the-bennetts-an-acting-family-brian-kellow/|title=Book Look – "The Bennetts: An Acting Family" by Brian Kellow|date=March 3, 2015|website=Pre-Code.Com|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> ''Ethel Merman: A Life'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/books/review/Genzlinger-t.html|title=Coming Up Roses (and Weeds)|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 2, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ''Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-pauline-kael-a-life-in-the-dark-by-brian-kellow/2011/10/25/gIQAJOA2yO_story.html |title=Book review: 'Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark,' by Brian Kellow |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 16, 2011 |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> and ''Can I Go Now? The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/can-i-go-now-review-the-life-of-sue-mengers/2015/09/04/cc6b1b5e-516b-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html |title='Can I Go Now?' review: The Life of Sue Mengers |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2015-09-04 |access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>
Kellow was married to Scott Barnes and at the time of his death lived in Florida and New York.
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