death_place death_date children birth_place birth_date gender spouse article_title name occupation
west orange , new jersey 06 november 2012 frank jr. , mark , dunstan newark , new jersey 04 november 1930 male jeanne s. prial frank j. prial
 francis joseph prial journalist columnist , author , '' the new york times '' wine
frank j. prial

frank j. prial -lrb- november 4 , 1930 -- november 6 , 2012 -rrb- was a journalist and author , and the wine columnist for `` the new york times '' for 25 years , writing the weekly `` wine talk '' column largely since 1972 until his retirement in 2004 .
