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- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Clyde Brion Davis was born on May 22, 1894 in Unadilla, Nebraska, USA. He was a writer, known for Adventure (1945). He was married to Martha Wirt. He died on July 19, 1962 in Salisbury, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseMartha Wirt(1926 - 1952) (her death, 1 child)
- American journalist, Hollywood screenwriter, and author, he settled in Salisbury, CT, in 1946 to become a full-time writer. Reviewers who liked his work placed him in the literary school of realism; others denounced what they saw as his thudding, insensitive style. He listed his hobbies as "hypochondria and weed-culture.".
- After suffering a series of heart attacks he rushed to finish his last book before another struck. He died less than a week after the completed manuscript for "Shadow of A Day" (original title "Shadow of Tiger") was sent to the printer.
- His first newspaper job was with the "Pontanezen Duckboard" while his army unit was stationed in Brest, France, during World War I.
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