Barney Rosset was born on May 28, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Barnet Lee Rosset Jr. He was a writer and producer, known for Rosset/de Grazia: A Conversation (2002), Shattered (2005) and Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America (2009). He was married to Astrid Myers. He died on February 21, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.