 "I think it contributed to his death," said Zbigniew Brzezinski, a friend and fellow Polish emigrant.Kosiński appeared 12 times on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" during 1971–73, and "The Dick Cavett Show" in 1974, was a guest on the talk radio show of Long John Nebel, posed half-naked for a cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz for "The New York Times Magazine" in 1982, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in 1982.He also played the role of Bolshevik revolutionary and Politburo member Grigory Zinoviev in Warren Beatty's film "Reds".