Dannay
Americannoun
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The writer is the son of Frederic Dannay, co-creator of the Ellery Queen mysteries.
From New York Times
"Legally, his death should have no significance at all, " says Richard Dannay, an intellectual property lawyer in New York City.
From Time
Dannay and his cousin, former Pressagent Manfred B. Lee, who died in 1971, wrote the first Queen story, The Roman Hat Mystery, for a 1928 magazine contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frederic Dannay, 76, former advertising art director who found his real creative calling as co-author of the Ellery Queen mysteries; in White Plains, N.Y.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manfred B. Lee, 66, co-creator of Ellery Queen, the genius of deductive detection; of a heart attack; in Roxbury, Conn. In collaboration with his cousin Frederic Dannay, Lee wrote seven books of short stories and 35 novels about Queen, the solemn first-person protagonist.
From Time Magazine Archive
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