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Daniel and Affleck in a scene from The Tender Bar. AP
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JR Moehringer is the US writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist who ghostwrote Prince Harry's memoir, Spare. Getty
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Spare was released globally on January 10
Moehringer moved to Las Vegas to work on tennis star Andre Agassi's memoir
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Moehringer said he turned Agassi down several times before agreeing to work with him on Open. Getty / AFP
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Moehringer worked with Nike creator Phil Knight on his best-selling memoir, Shoe Dog
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Moehringer's own memoir about his childhood growing up on Long Island is called The Tender Bar, which was made into a film
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George Clooney directed the Hollywood version of Moerhinger's memoir The Tender Bar. Ben Affleck starred in it as Uncle Charlie. AFP
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Moehringer with actor Daniel Ranieri, who played his younger self in the fictionalised film version of his memoir. AP
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From left, Affleck, Lily Rabe, Daniel, Tye Sheridan and Christopher Lloyd arrive at the premiere of The Tender Bar in Los Angeles. AP
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Rabe and Affleck played a fictionalised version of Moehringer's mother and uncle in The Tender Bar. AP
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Daniel and Affleck in a scene from The Tender Bar. AP
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JR Moehringer is the US writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist who ghostwrote Prince Harry's memoir, Spare. Getty
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Spare was released globally on January 10
Moehringer moved to Las Vegas to work on tennis star Andre Agassi's memoir
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Moehringer said he turned Agassi down several times before agreeing to work with him on Open. Getty / AFP
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Moehringer worked with Nike creator Phil Knight on his best-selling memoir, Shoe Dog
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Moehringer's own memoir about his childhood growing up on Long Island is called The Tender Bar, which was made into a film
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George Clooney directed the Hollywood version of Moerhinger's memoir The Tender Bar. Ben Affleck starred in it as Uncle Charlie. AFP
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Moehringer with actor Daniel Ranieri, who played his younger self in the fictionalised film version of his memoir. AP
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From left, Affleck, Lily Rabe, Daniel, Tye Sheridan and Christopher Lloyd arrive at the premiere of The Tender Bar in Los Angeles. AP
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Rabe and Affleck played a fictionalised version of Moehringer's mother and uncle in The Tender Bar. AP
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Daniel and Affleck in a scene from The Tender Bar. AP
Who is the ghostwriter behind Prince Harry's Spare, J R Moehringer?
Before he wrote the Duke of Sussex's autobiography, Moehringer’s own coming-of-age memoir was turned into a film starring Ben Affleck
Gemma White
09 January, 2023
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