Max Wilk, who wrote 19 books and was a playwright, film and TV writer and music impresario, died February 19 at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 90.
Wilk's books included They're Playing Our Song: Conversations With America's Classic Songwriters, Schmucks with Underwoods: Conversations with America's Classic Screenwriters, The Golden Age of Television: Notes from the Survivors, OK!: The Story of Oklahoma! and The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood. Many of his novels were comedies set in suburbia. He also wrote the novelization of the Beatles movie Yellow Submarine.
During World War II, Wilk served in the Army Air Force Motion Picture Unit, whose captain was Ronald Reagan.
One of Wilk's children is David Wilk, who has been in the book business many years and is now head of Booktrix and Creative Management Partners.
WestportNow.com and Playbill have obituaries.

