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Jay Anson (1921-1980)

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Birthplace:
New York, USA

Born:
November 4, 1921

Died:
March 12, 1980

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.    Jay Anson (4 November 1921 – 12 March 1980) was an American author whose most famous work was The Amityville Horror. After the runaway success of that novel, he wrote 666, which also dealt with a haunted house. He died in 1980. His work, The Amityville Horror, was sold as "a true story", and it was based on the reported experiences of George Lutz and Kathleen Lutz at 112 Ocean Avenue in December 1975. The Lutzes had sold the rights to the book to Anson, who had added and adapted to some of the Lutz's original claims. A film was later made of the book, which exemplified these additions.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Anson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Novel:
1979  The Amityville Horror
2005  The Amityville Horror

Writer:
1967  Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1971  'Klute' in New York
1973  Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block
1973  The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1975  Harper Days are Here Again
1975  The Day of the Director
1976  A Look Into the 23rd Century
1976  Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
1979  The Amityville Horror
1998  'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
2005  The Amityville Horror
2006  Operation Dirty Dozen

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