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          American historian..

          Curt Gentry

          American writer (1931–2014)

          For the American football defensive back, see Curt Gentry (American football).

          Curtis Marsena "Curt" Gentry (June 13, 1931 – July 10, 2014) was an American writer, born in Lamar, Colorado.

          The death of the San Francisco freelance writer Curt Gentry on July 10 made me especially sad.

        1. Curt Gentry's biography of J. Edgar Hoover portrays the founder of the fbi who, as director of this agency, persevered for forty years and coped with.
        2. American historian.
        3. Curt Gentry played 3 seasons for the Bears.
        4. A gripping biography of Charlotte Salomon, and an ode to how art can capture both life's everyday beauty and its monumental horrors.

          5. He is best known for co-authoring, with Vincent Bugliosi, the 1974 book Helter Skelter, which detailed the Charles Manson murders. Gentry lived in San Francisco, California.

          Gentry died, aged 83, on July 10, 2014, in San Francisco.[1]

          Awards and nominations

          Frame-Up was a nominee for the 1968 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book.

          Helter Skelter won a 1975 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book.[2]

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          The shocking true story of the Manson murders, revealed in this harrowing, often terrifying book.

          Edgar Hoover won the 1992 PEN Center West Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

          Select works

          • The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California, Putnam, 1968 (novel)
          • J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, W.

            W. Norton, 1991, ISBN 978