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    and Frank Reese Didion. She had one brother, five years her junior, James Jerrett Didion, who became a real estate executive. Didion recalled writing...
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  • the "Over the Hill Gang." From 1998 to 2010, Didion was the sheriff of Pacific County, Washington. Didion died at age 66 in Portland, Oregon. "Pacific...
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  • In the late 1950s, he met Joan Didion in New York City, where she was an editor at Vogue. In a 2005 interview, Didion recalled, "We amused each other...
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  • Didion is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Joan Didion (1934–2021), American writer John Didion (1947–2013), American football player...
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  • Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is a 2017 documentary film about Joan Didion and her work. The film was released by Netflix on October 10, 2017...
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  • includes Didion's last four books) ISBN 978-0593992210 Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s (2019; edited by David L. Ulin) ISBN 978-1598536454 Joan Didion: The 1980s...
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    The Year of Magical Thinking (category Books by Joan Didion)
    of Magical Thinking is a memoir by Joan Didion, accounting of the year following the death of her husband John Gregory Dunne in 2003. Published by Knopf...
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    John the Baptist (c. 1st century BC – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known...
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  • Slouching Towards Bethlehem (category Essay collections by Joan Didion)
    the voice." Didion originally wrote the piece as an assignment for The Saturday Evening Post in 1967. In her preface to the book, Didion writes, "I went...
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    Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American...
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  • Play It as It Lays (category Novels by Joan Didion)
    Corvette Stingray. Like the protagonist, Didion lived in New York before moving to California. However, Didion asserted that the book was not autobiographical...
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    John the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης; Latin: Ioannes c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox...
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    Dunne produced and directed Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017), a documentary about his aunt, author Joan Didion, whom Dunne interviews and appears...
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  • the older brother of writer John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003), a screenwriter and a critic who married the writer Joan Didion. The brothers wrote a column...
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  • Frank Perry from a screenplay by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Didion. The film stars Tuesday Weld and Anthony...
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  • Blue Nights (category Books by Joan Didion)
    Joan Didion, first published in 2011. The memoir is an account of the death of Didion's daughter, Quintana, who died in 2005 at age 39. Didion also discusses...
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    John William Lowery (born July 31, 1970), who is known by the stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. Lowery first took the stage name in 1998 when...
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  • nicknamed "Earthquake;" center John Didion was a consensus All-American. Bill Enyart 50 Rush, 299 Yds, 3 TD Oregon State did not complete a pass (0/4, INT)...
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    John I (French: Jean sans Peur ; Dutch: Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian...
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  • name by John Gregory Dunne, loosely based on the Black Dahlia murder case of 1947. Dunne wrote the screenplay with his wife, novelist Joan Didion. The film...
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    Prince John (John Charles Francis; 12 July 1905 – 18 January 1919) was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary....
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  • first lead role) and Kitty Winn. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills. The film...
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  • drama film directed by Jon Avnet from a screenplay written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. It stars Robert Redford as a news director and Michelle...
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    John Edmund Mulaney (born August 26, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Mulaney...
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  • John Wick is an American neo-noir action film series and media franchise created by Derek Kolstad. It centers on the titular character portrayed by actor...
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    John Joseph Swartzwelder Jr. (born February 8, 1949) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series...
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  • Miami (book) (category Books by Joan Didion)
    book of social and political analysis by Joan Didion. The book is based on three extended essays Didion published in The New York Review of Books between...
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    John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men...
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    1969 to retiring from touring in 2023, John did over 4,000 concert performances in more than 80 countries. John's first tour was the 1970 World Tour, which...
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    Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning seven decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more...
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