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Donald E. Westlake

1933 to 2008 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Donald E. Westlake across 3 places, from 1959 to 2008. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Donald E. Westlake was documented, and when

1959year
New York Cityattested “Westlake moved to New York City in 1959, initially to work for a literary agency while writing on the side.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
1959year
New Yorkattested “Westlake moved to New York City in 1959, initially to work for a literary agency while writing on the side.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
31 December 2008exact date
Mexicoattested “Westlake died of a heart attack on December 31, 2008, while on the way to a New Year's Eve dinner in Mexico, where he and his wife were on vacation.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake

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Places Donald E. Westlake is documented in

Mexico1 presence · 2008New York1 presence · 1959New York City1 presence · 1959

Other places tied to Donald E. Westlake in the record

In each of these, a source puts Donald E. Westlake and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Donald E. Westlake was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1976year
Italymentioned “The novel Jimmy the Kid has been adapted three times: in Italy as ' in 1976; in the U.S.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
1982year
Germanymentioned “as Jimmy the Kid in 1982, starring Gary Coleman; and in Germany as Jimmy the Kid in 1998, starring Herbert Knaup.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
1984year
Francementioned “has been adapted twice: in France as Le Jumeau (The Twin) in 1984; and in the U.S.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
1990year
New York Citymentioned “The couple moved from New York City to Ancram in upstate New York in 1990.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
1990year
Ancram, New Yorkmentioned “The couple moved from New York City to Ancram in upstate New York in 1990.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake
1990year
New Yorkmentioned “The couple moved from New York City to Ancram in upstate New York in 1990.” source: Wikipedia: Donald E. Westlake

Documented at the same place, the same year

Miles DavisPratt Institute · 1959Pina BauschPratt Institute · 1959Glenn GouldPratt Institute · 1959Lester YoungPratt Institute · 1959Robert Morris (artist)Pratt Institute · 1959Robert RedfordPratt Institute · 1959Bebo ValdésPratt Institute · 1959Italo CalvinoNew York · 1959Dennis HopperNew York · 1959Miriam MakebaNew York · 1959Sugar Ray RobinsonNew York · 1959Horst BuchholzNew York · 1959

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Sources

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