Caldwell, Erskine
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 17 December 1903 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Coweta Co GA, USA, 33n23, 84w48 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data | 24°31' 09°54 Asc. 28°57'
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Biography
American best-selling writer known for his two most successful novels, "Tobacco Road," 1932 and "God's Little Acre," 1933. At various times, he ran guns for a revolution, played pro football, acted as a body-guard and worked as a cotton-picker and mill hand.
A heavy smoker from age 18, he had lung cancer three times. The first two times he had part of the lung removed. The third instance of the disease was inoperable, and he died on 4/11/1987, 8:00 PM, Paradise Valley, AZ.
Events
- Death by Disease 11 April 1987 at 8:00 PM in Paradise Valley, AZ (Lung cancer, age 83)
Source Notes
Penfield quotes personal correspondence for "sunrise to noon," in Mercury Hour, 7/1981. His autobiography, "Call It Experience," Heinemann Pub, Great Britain, 1952, p.11 gives his birth date, no time given or inferred.
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Vocation : Travel : Adventurer (Gun-runner)
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Lungs)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Margaret Bourke-White)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 83)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Surgery (Part of lung removed)
- Vocation : Sports : Football (Pro)
- Vocation : Law : Security guard (Bodyguard)
Categories: 1903 births | Birthday 17 December | Birthplace Coweta Co GA, USA | Sun 24 Sagittarius | Moon 9 Sagittarius | Asc 28 Capricorn | 1987 deaths | Vocation : Writers : Fiction | Vocation : Travel : Adventurer | Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer | Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted | Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs | Notable : Book Collection : American Book | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Surgery | Vocation : Sports : Football | Vocation : Law : Security guard

24°31'
28°57'
