You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Robert Daley, Multifaceted Author of ‘Prince of the City,’ Dies at 96 He wrote 31 books, often drawing on his experiences as a pro football publicist, a foreign correspondent and a gun-toting spokesman for the N.Y.P.D. Robert Daley in 1997.