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Dale Messick
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Overview
Born
April 11
,
1906
·
South Bend, Indiana, USA
Died
April 5
,
2005
·
Penngrove, California, USA
(after a series of strokes)
Birth name
Dahlia Messick
Mini Bio
Dale Messick was born on April 11, 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
,
Brenda Starr (1989)
and
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979)
. She was married to Oscar Strom and Everett George. She died on April 5, 2005 in Penngrove, California, USA.
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Spouses
Oscar Strom
(divorced)
Everett George
(divorced, 1 child)
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Retired in 1985, but "Brenda Starr" is still running. It is now written by Mary Schmich and drawn by June Brigman.
Cartoonist; created character Brenda Starr.
Married and divorced twice.
Was seriously injured in a car accident.
Mother of Starr Rohrman of Sonoma County; grandmother of Curt and Laura.
Long-running comic strip "Brenda Starr, Reporter" ran in 250 newspapers at its peak in the 1950s.
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I used to get letters from girl reporters saying that their lives were nowhere near as exciting as Brenda's. I told them that if I made Brenda's life like theirs, nobody would read it.
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