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Birthday
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Death day
December 10, 1946 (66 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Damon Runyon
Alfred Damon Runyon is an American writer and journalist. He is best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York which came out of the prohibition era. For New Yorkers of his generation, a "character of Damon Runyon" evokes a particular type of society in Brooklyn or Midtown Manhattan. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as the type of situations and dialogues that Runyon describes. It revolves around humorous and emotional stories about gamers, scrambles, actors and gangsters, a handful of them naming "square", preferring nicknames instead. "Nathan Detroit", "Benny Southstreet", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charley", "Dave the Dude" or "The Seldom Seen Kid". Its distinctive native style is called "Runyonese": a mix of formal speech and flashy slang, almost always in the present tense and always without constriction.
BornAlfred Damon Runyan, October 4, 1880, Manhattan, Kansas
DiedDecember 10, 1946, New York City
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican

About Damon Runyon

Essayist Damon Runyon was born on October 4, 1880 in Kansas, United States (He dies at the age of 66, on December 10, 1946).

American author who penned short stories on the post-Prohibition era of New York's Broadway. Guys and Dolls, a successful musical, was inspired by his stories.

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Damon Runyon before becoming famous

Damon Runyon was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1880 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1898, he enlisted in the United States Army to serve in the Spanish-American War. He also worked as a journalist, and is credited with writing the syndicated article announcing US President Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration in 1933.

Achievement of Damon Runyon

His short stories, notably Little Miss Marker, were adapted into films and musicals.

Damon Runyon's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Before divorcing Ellen Egan in 1928, he married Ellen Egan, with whom he had a daughter and a son. Patrice Amati del Grande was his second wife (who eventually left him for another man).

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Damon Runyon Collabed with

Radio Host Walter Winchell, a friend and fellow journalist, helped form an organization to fight cancer after Runyon died of throat cancer.

Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972) (Radio Host)
Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972)

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Damon Runyon Income & Net worth

Damon Runyon's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: an essayist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Damon Runyon.

Damon Runyon Height and Weight

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