Gregory Mcdonald

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Gregory Mcdonald (born February 15, 1937 in Shrewsbury , Massachusetts , † September 7, 2008 in Pulaski , Tennessee ) was an American mystery writer. He became known through the multiple filmed character of Irwin Maurice Fletcher, called Fletch.

Life

Mcdonald, the son of a CBS news reporter , received a BA from Harvard University in 1958. He then began working as a reporter and editor for the Boston Globe . He moved to Pulaski in the mid-1980s. There he became involved against the Ku Klux Klan (the Klan was founded in Pulaski in 1965).

He was married to Cheryle, nee Higgins, in 2001. He died of prostate cancer , leaving two sons and three stepons.

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In 1964 he published his first novel, Running Scared , which deals with suicide. The work was filmed in 1972 with Robert Powell . In 1974, Mcdonald created the character of Irwin Maurice Fletcher, called Fletch in the novel of the same name. The result was a total of nine novels about Fletch, two of which, Fletch (1974, German: Victim Seeks a Matching Murderer ), the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best First Work category, and Confess, Fletch (1976, German: Mordern Seeks a Matching Scapegoat ) in the Winner category Best Original Paperback. So far two films have been made about Fletch, first in 1985 Fletch - The Troublemaker and 1989 Fletch - The Jack of all trades . Chevy Chase plays the title role in both films . Another book of Mcdonald, The Brave from 1991, was in 1997 with Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando filmed .

Works (selection)

  • Running Scared , 1964
  • Fletch , 1974, German: Victim seeks a suitable murderer , also as Fletch - The Troublemaker
  • Confess, Fletch , 1976, Ger .: Confess Fletch! , even as a murderer seeks suitable scapegoat
  • Flynn , 1977
  • Fletch's Fortune , 1978, German: Fletch - wealth brings trouble
  • Love Among the Mashed Potatoes apa Dear ME , 1978
  • Who Took Toby Rinaldi? , 1978, in the UK : Snatched , German: Toby has disappeared
  • The Buck Passes Flynn , 1981
  • Fletch and the Widow Bradley , 1981, German: Fletch and the Widow
  • Fletch's Moxie , 1982, German: Fletch and Moxie
  • Fletch and the Man Who , 1983, German: Fletch and the presidential candidate
  • Flynn's In , 1984
  • Carioca Fletch , 1984, German: Fletch in Brazil
  • Safekeeping , 1985
  • Fletch Won , 1985, German: Fletch wins
  • Fletch, Too , 1986, German: Safari for Fletch
  • A World Too Wide , 1987
  • Exits and Entrances , 1988
  • Merely Players , 1988
  • The Brave , 1991, German: The Brave 2013, Songdog Verlag, Vienna
  • Son of Fletch , 1993
  • Fletch Reflected , 1994
  • Skylar , 1995
  • Skylar in Yankeeland , 1997
  • Flynn's World 1999 as an e-book; 2003 in press

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Obituary by Margalit Fox , The New York Times, September 12, 2008, accessed November 21, 2011
  2. ^ Running Scared. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
  3. ↑ The Brave. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Mcdonald, Gregory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Shrewsbury , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2008
Place of death Pulaski , Tennessee