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Mickey Spillane, creator of detective Mike Hammer, dies in Charleston, S.C. Mickey Spillane, creator of detective Mike Hammer, dies in Charleston, S.C.
----- at 17:58 on July 17, 2006, EST. Writer Mickey Spillane. (CPimages/ AP Photo/Lou Krasky) CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Tuesday. He was 88. Spillane's death was confirmed by Brad Stephens of Goldfinch Funeral Home in his hometown of Murrells Inlet. Details about his death were not immediately available. After starting out in comic books, Spillane wrote his first Mike Hammer novel, I, the Jury, in 1946. Twelve more followed, with sales topping 100 million. Notable titles included The Killing Man, The Girl Hunters and One Lonely Night. Many of these books were made into movies, including the classic film noir Kiss Me, Deadly and The Girl Hunters, in which Spillane himself starred. Hammer stories were also featured on television in the series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and in made-for-TV movies. In the 1980s, Spillane appeared in a string of Miller Lite beer commercials. ©The Canadian Press, 2006 
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luv4u said: Mickey Spillane, creator of detective Mike Hammer, dies in Charleston, S.C.
----- at 17:58 on July 17, 2006, EST. Writer Mickey Spillane. (CPimages/ AP Photo/Lou Krasky) CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-'em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Tuesday. He was 88. Spillane's death was confirmed by Brad Stephens of Goldfinch Funeral Home in his hometown of Murrells Inlet. Details about his death were not immediately available. After starting out in comic books, Spillane wrote his first Mike Hammer novel, I, the Jury, in 1946. Twelve more followed, with sales topping 100 million. Notable titles included The Killing Man, The Girl Hunters and One Lonely Night. Many of these books were made into movies, including the classic film noir Kiss Me, Deadly and The Girl Hunters, in which Spillane himself starred. Hammer stories were also featured on television in the series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and in made-for-TV movies. In the 1980s, Spillane appeared in a string of Miller Lite beer commercials. ©The Canadian Press, 2006 What?!?! I thought he died years ago. Well I guess I have to re-mourn for him. I had to do that with Yul Brenner too! I AM BEATLOAF
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