Hollywood, 1930: an orchestra conductor is shot dead while conducting at the Hollywood Bowl.
Raoul Whitfield, 1896-1945, burst into Black Mask Magazine in 1926, created the unique private eye Jo Gar, half-Filipino living in Manila, who appeared in numerous short stories. Whitfield also wrote a handful of Black Mask-style noir novels.
His last years were plagued by illness, and he died aged 51.
Raoul Whitfield, 1896-1945, burst into Black Mask Magazine in 1926, created the unique private eye Jo Gar, half-Filipino living in Manila, who appeared in numerous short stories. Whitfield also wrote a handful of Black Mask-style noir novels.
His last years were plagued by illness, and he died aged 51.
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