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February 08, 2006
Monkey business: the curious death of a "George" collaborator
CBC reports the murder of a collaborator on the "Curious George" books. His body was "found in the driveway of his home in Boynton Beach, Fla. Alan Shalleck, 76, was writer and director of 104 episodes of the Curious George TV series... He also co-wrote a series of books with Margret Rey, who created Curious George more than 60 years ago. The body lay under garbage bags for more than 24 hours until it was found early Tuesday morning.... Shalleck lived in a seniors' retirement village in South Florida and worked at Borders Books & Music but had not turned up for work in two days... The original Curious George books were written by Margret Rey and illustrated by her husband, H.A. Rey, beginning in 1941... "I got $500 per Curious George story, no royalties, no residuals," Shalleck told the Palm Beach Post in 1997. The experience of working with Margret Rey was the high point of his life, he said. Rey died in 1996 at age 90."
Posted by pride at February 8, 2006 12:23 PM
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