RIP Zac
Dallas magazine writer and book author Zac Crain dies at 50
Zac Crain
Zac Crain, a longtime Dallas writer who worked for publications such as the Dallas Observer and D magazine, died on July 16; he was 50.
Crain fell ill and was found at his residence after he did not respond to calls or texts from friends and family members.
Crain had been with D magazine since 2007, and previously worked for American Way magazine. He was also author of three books: Black Tooth Grin, A Pedestrian's Recent History of Dallas, and I See You, Big German.
Many of his writings were in first-person, a format that some are better at than others. One recent useful entry, "A Seeming End (For Now) to the Seemingly Unending Saga of One Open Records Request," documented an open records request he had filed with the city and Dallas Police Department on license plate-reading cameras.
Crain was a native of West, Texas, who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.
He's survived by his mother Susan, brother Scott, sister Samantha, former wife Nikki Rosen, and son Isaac.
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