In a message dated 5/11/2002 4:01:52 AM Eastern Daylight
Time, Mark Sullivan writes:
<<
I just got a mailing from Dennis McMillan. He mentions
in passing that
Howard Browne is "no longer with us." When did Howard
Browne die?
Man, I love his Paul Pine books (and others).
>>
As do I Mark. Howard Browne died on October 28th, 1999. As he
was born in 1908, he wasn't taken from us in the first blush
of youth but I was saddened when I heard the news. I think
the Washington Post ran a paragraph or two obit. He remained
alert, active and writing deep into his 80s. I recall him at
two Bouchercons, probably San Diego and Pasadena, and he
recounted some great stories from his pulp magazine writing
and editing days. William McGivern was one writer who began
his career as a regular contributor for Browne when he was at
Ziff-Davis. He also had new books out and talked about those
as well. He was a genial man and very approachable. I enjoyed
several conversations with him. He was vastly amused by a
somewhat negative review in the Chicago Tribune of one of his
new books. I brought it up as it irritated me that the
reviewer (ignorant of Browne's writing background and his
long history in Chicago) made it sound like Browne was a
Hollywood screenwriter who decided to slum it with a novel
based in Chicago.
A great guy, I wish he was still working his way to the
century mark.
Richard Moore
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