His marriage to actress Julia Roberts made him an instant celebrity for reasons completely unrelated to music.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

And for many others, in Iraq and in other nations, the act turned the journalist into an instant folk hero, inspiring rallies, offers of money and marriage, as well as a statue of a bronze shoe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The timing of the book was perfect and the marriage of a sexually liberal message and daring but inoffensive pictures was an instant hit.

BBC: How the Joy of Sex was illustrated