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- Herman Raucher was born on April 13, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969), Summer of '42 (1971) and Sweet November (2001). He was married to Mary Kathryn Martinet-Raucher. He died on December 28, 2023 in Stamford Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseMary Kathryn Martinet-Raucher(1960 - 2002) (her death, 2 children)
- His movie "Summer of '42" is a retelling of his experiences on Nantucket Island the summer he turned 14, where he lost his virginity to his first love, a war widow named Dorothy whom he never saw again.
- In a 2002 Scripps Treasure Coast Publishing interview, Herman Raucher lamented never hearing from Dorothy again after her letter to Herman Raucher in 1971 and expressed his hope that she was still alive.
- He is the son of Sophie (Weinshank) and Benjamin Raucher, a WWI veteran. His father was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, who moved to the U.S. in 1900. His mother was born in England, to Russian Jewish parents.
- Graduated from NYU.
- Graduated from Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York.
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