Born: 1917 November 2 in New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2010 January 26 in Mystic, Connecticut, United States
Notes: To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.
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Name:
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John Dirks
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: John Family name: Dirks
Schools:
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Yale University ? to ?
Signatures:
- R. Dirks [generic]
Relations:
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Relative - Gus Dirks (b. 1879)
Notes: Gus is John's uncle. - Child of - Rudolph Dirks (b. 1877)
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Ghosted for - Rudolph Dirks (b. 1877)
Notes: John Dirks took over the Captain and the Kids comic strip with his father, Rudolph's passing in 1962. Previously, he assisted his father with the comic strip as a ghost creator for an unknown time period before his death. It is likely he did entire strips during that period.
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