Jim Tully

1886–1947 (age 61)

Biography

Jim Tully rose from a hardscrabble youth to become a celebrated writer and raconteur, chronicling the lives of hobos, boxers, and vaudeville performers in novels and memoirs that captured the grit and humor of early 20th-century America.

He also brought his rough-hewn charm to the screen and the stage, and today his legacy of storytelling rests quietly at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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