Just a small personal note. Many. many years ago I worked at
a magazine publisher called Great American Publications. It
published a major hot rod magazine that included a column
"written" by Kookie. Of course someone on our staff ghosted
it for him. He did visit our offices once. In the same period
we were publishing The Saint Magazine. Leslie Charteris also
visited. I met both of them. and again the full extent of
Charteris' connection to the magazine in that period was the
title. I shared an office with the fellow who chose its
contents and ghosted Charteris' monthly column.
One day we couldn't make outgoing phone calls. The next day
the place went bankrupt and was shuttered. Its major
automotive properties were sold, as I recall, to Motor
Trend.
Tim Wohlforth
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