Death Be Not Proud (book)

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Death Be Not Proud is a 1949 memoir by American journalist John Gunther. The book describes the decline and death of Gunther's son, Johnny, due to a brain tumor. The title comes from Holy Sonnet X by

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Robby Benson is an American actor, director, and musician. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the films Ode to Billy Joe, One on One and Ice Castles. He subsequently

Death Be Not Proud (book)

…and light to those who walk in shadow." — Walter Duranthy, in the New York Herald Tribune. The story was made into a television movie in 1975, starring Robby Benson as Johnny Gunther, and Arthur Hill as his father. John Gunther, Death Be Not Proud (1949). Harper Perennial edition 1998: ISBN 0-06-092989-8…

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