Died
at age 77
in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Robert Parker is a Military Veteran. Served in the United States Army about 1952-1956 Service in Korea
Robert Parker is Notable.
"Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre. Parker also wrote 2 other series based on an individual character. He wrote 9 novels based on the character Jesse Stone and 6 novels based on the character Sunny Randall.[1]
He served in the US Army in Korea, returning home in 1956. He graduated from Boston University where he received his Masters and PhD. His dissertation, titled "The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality," discussed the exploits of fictional private-eye heroes created by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald.[1]
Robert Parker died on 18 January 2010 at his desk working on a novel at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
In addition to his biography on Wikipedia, which lists most of his books, the Robert Parker web site has biographical material and links to newspaper articles including obituaries.[2]
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4KN-YNP : accessed 18 April 2017), Robert Parker in household of C S Parker, Ward 7, Springfield, Springfield City, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-143, sheet 3A, line 8, family 51, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1711.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQS4-8Z3 : 20 May 2014), Robert B Parker, 18 Jan 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Freeman, Stan. "Author of 'Spenser' novels, Springfield native Robert Parker, dies at 77." Masslive.com Web. 18 Apr 2017.
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lived in Springfield, Massachusetts in "the East Forest Park section, on Garland Street and Wheeler Avenue," according to the article in Masslive.com. 1940 census enumerated at Garland St. Durbin-702 07:55, 18 April 2017 (EDT)
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