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James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for his novels Black Cherry Blues (1990), Cimarron Rose (1998), and Flags on the Bayou (2024). [1] He has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two series—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon , prosecutor Samantha ...
She married William A. Burke in Los Angeles on June 14, 1972, just days after she won a Congressional primary against Billy Mills, a Los Angeles City Council member for whom William Burke had worked. William Burke is also the creator of the Los Angeles Marathon. [19] Their daughter Autumn Burke was born on November 23, 1973. [4] [5] [20] Yvonne ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Burke began to drink and Barfield's complaints turned into bitter arguments. [4] On April 4, 1969, after Burke had passed out, Barfield and the children left the house, and when they returned, they found the structure burned and Burke dead. [4] [6] In 1970, Barfield married a widower, Jennings Barfield. Less than a year after their marriage ...
Thompson was born in Peoria, Illinois. [3] [2] He and his parents, Dr. Laurence B. Thompson and Pauline (née Marshall), [2] moved to California when he was a year old.He attended University High School where he was a classmate of Norma Jean Baker, later to be known worldwide as Marilyn Monroe.
John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. Initially an exponent of social realism , he became known as a versatile and prolific director of thrillers, action, and adventure films.
Burke married his first wife, Alice Llewellyn Eubank, in April 1957. [32] He had two children with her: James Charles and Mary Clotilde. [12] [33] After Eubank's death, Burke married his second wife, Diane "Didi" Wormser (1927–2021), an artist who was the daughter of Felix Wormser, in 1981. [34]