{"id":1260,"date":"2006-07-18T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2006-07-18T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T21:59:00","slug":"rip-mickey-spillane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1260","title":{"rendered":"RIP Mickey Spillane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/z071806spillane.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/z071806spillane.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-family:arial;\" ><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mickey Spillane<\/span> died yesterday.   He was <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">88 years old<\/span> and had cancer, so the news shouldn&#8217;t come as quite a shock.  It&#8217;s just that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mickey Spillane<\/span> was one of those guys that seemed like he could live forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-family:arial;\" >Although <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mr. Spillane<\/span> started his career as a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">comic book writer<\/span>, it was his <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mike Hammer <\/span>novels that made him a superstar.  The first, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;I, the Jury&#8221;<\/span> was a hit with readers everywhere, critics be damned.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Spillane<\/span> followed up with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">12<\/span> other <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mike Hammer<\/span> books&#8230; <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">9<\/span> other novels&#8230; and a bunch of short stories.  Most folks don&#8217;t realize that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mr. Spillane<\/span> also wrote <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">two young adult novels<\/span> [<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">one which won a prize from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Junior Literary Guild<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">].<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">As much as I enjoyed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Spillane<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&#8216;s books, I liked his attitude even more.  He considered himself a writer, not an author.  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Spillane<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> was more concerned with royalty checks than reviews&#8230; and his fans dearly loved him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">I miss him already.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Our thoughts and prayers go out to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;\">Mickey Spillane<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&#8216;s family, friends and fans.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mickey Spillane died yesterday. 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