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Finley Peter Dunne (born Peter Dunne; July 10, 1867 – April 24, 1936) was an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War , a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches. [1]
Finley Peter Dunne died of throat cancer and is entombed in the mausoleum of his friend Francis P. Garvan in Woodlawn Cemetery. Finley Peter Dunne was a popular humorist and political satirist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
By the outbreak of World War I, Dunne reportedly was the most famous columnist in the country. Decades later, in April 1936, Dunne died in New York of throat cancer. By that time, he had fallen into relative obscurity although his most famous character, Mr. Dooley, was still fondly remembered.
Finley Peter Dunne (born July 10, 1867, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died April 24, 1936, New York, N.Y.) was an American journalist and humorist who created the homely philosopher Mr. Dooley. Dunne was born of Irish-immigrant parents.
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- July 10, 1867
- Writer, Journalist
- Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Jun 19, 1991 · Finley P. Dunne Jr., a writer and editor who later became director of the Temple of Understanding , died Monday at George Washington Hospital in Washington. He was 87 years old and lived in...
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Dunne, Finley Peter. An American journalist and author; born in Chicago, July 10, 1867; died in 1936. He served on the editorial staffs of various Chicago newspapers and was editor of the Chicago journal from 1897 to 1900.
