Jack Mingo

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Jack Mingo (born 1952) is an American author, journalist and beekeeper. [1] He has written Bees Make the Best Pets, The Juicy Parts, and The Couch Potato Handbook. He and a small group of media hoaxers trademarked and popularized the term couch potato . [2] [3] He has written for The New York Times , The Washington Post , and Reader's Digest . [4] He and Erin Barrett were co-founders and co-writers of the Ask Jeeves series of trivia books, which published selected "questions as they flowed, unedited, into the well-known Web site". [5] [6]

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Personal life

Mingo was born to Vera and Glen Mingo in Wausau, Wisconsin. [7] He lives in Alameda, California. [1] He has a daughter (Elana) from a former marriage and three grandsons, Acton, Oak, and Elm. [8]

Works and publications

With Erin Barrett

With Warren Dotz

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  7. "View Vera Mingo's Obituary on hometownlife.com and share memories". The Detroit News. 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
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