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11/03/1970 Writer Erle Stanley Gardner dies at 80

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What's My Line? - Erle Stanley Gardner; George Sanders; Jim Backus [panel] (Sep 15, 1957)

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Erle Stanley Gardner Introduces Cool & Lam TV Pilot

Gardner was best selling American writer of the 20th century at the time of his death. He died at his ranch, Rancho del Paisano in Temecula. Following his death, he was cremated and his ashes scattered over Baja California peninsula. He is best known for the series of detective stories Perry Mason.
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