Samuel Charters was born on August 1, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA as Samuel Barclay Charters IV. He was a writer, known for White Lie (1991), Chasin' Gus' Ghost (2007) and Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001). He was married to Ann Charters and Mary Louise Lange. He died on March 18, 2015 in Årsta, Stockholms Län, Sweden.