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- Birth nameBenjamin MacKinlay Kantor
- MacKinlay Kantor was born on February 4, 1904 in Webster City, Iowa, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gun Crazy (1950) and Happy Land (1943). He was married to Florence Irene Layne. He died on October 11, 1977 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- SpouseFlorence Irene Layne(July 2, 1926 - October 11, 1977) (his death, 2 children)
- Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, a former journalist and writer of pulp fiction for magazines. His works range from the sentimental "Glory for Me" (popularly filmed as The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)) to tough crime stories like "Gun Crazy" (1950) (filmed as Gun Crazy (1950)) and "Diversey" (1928). Some of his novels deal with historical subjects, such as the American Civil War.
- Was a war correspondent for a Los Angeles newspaper, working out of London during World War II.
- Kantor's "V-J Day Plus Five Years," published in the August 1950 REDBOOK magazine, details a war widow's new life after World War II.
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