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| September 25, 1933 |
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| Ring Lardner (1885 - 1933) |
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Talking Ring Lardner
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| by Steve King |
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On this day in 1933 Ring Lardner died at the age of forty-eight, from a heart attack, tuberculosis and the cumulative effects of alcoholism. Although he kept producing occasional pieces and columns, Lardner's last years were clouded by a general decline in health, popularity, income and output. June Moon, his Broadway collaboration with George S. Kaufman, was a hit near the end, but one which apparently cost as much as it contributed: Lardner wrote friend and former neighbor F. Scott Fitzgerald that "when the New York opening was over, I went on a bat [bender] that lasted nearly three months and haven't been able to work since ... FULL STORY »
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