Before becoming a writer, he acted as managerial advisor to the World Featherweight boxing champion, Colin "Sweet C" McMillan. He wrote articles for the magazines Esquire, Ring and Playboy, as well as writing three multi-award winning books.[citation needed]
Rendall starred in a three-part documentary entitled 'The Gambler', released by Channel 4. In it, he was given £12,000 of the broadcaster's money, chronicling the bets he placed on boxing, horse racing, slot-machines, and at the casino.[citation needed]
Rendall married Susie in 1988. The couple had three children together and separated in 2000.[2]
On 23 January 2013, Rendall was discovered dead at his home in Ipswich.[3]
Books by Rendall
This Bloody Mary (Is the Last Thing I Own)
Twelve Grand: The Gambler as Hero
Garden Hopping: Memoir of an Adoption
Scream: The Tyson Tapes
References
^"Jonathan Rendall". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ a b c dRichard Williams (10 February 2013). "Observer writer Jonathan Rendall remembered | Comment is free | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^Kevin Mitchell (9 February 2013). "Troubled writer Jonathan Rendall fails to elude his final deadline". London: Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2019.