 In 1998 Tony Fletcher published a biography of Moon , Dear Boy : The Life of Keith Moon , in the United Kingdom . The phrase " Dear Boy " became a catchphrase of Moon 's when , influenced by Kit Lambert , he began affecting a pompous English accent . In 2000 , the book was released in the US as Moon ( The Life and Death of a Rock Legend ) . Q Magazine called the book " horrific and terrific reading , " and Record Collector said it was " one of rock 's great biographies . " 
