RIP, Philip B. Dusenberry

December 31, 2007

From The New York Times, Dec. 31

“Dusenberry was born on April 28, 1936, in Brooklyn, the eldest child of a cab driver. He attended Emory & Henry College, in Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, but he dropped out after the athletic program and his scholarship were discontinued….”

“Mr. Dusenberry also dabbled in the film business. He was a co-author of the screenplay for the movies “Hail to the Chief,” a 1973 political satire, and The Natural….”

Caption for picture, above: “Philip B. Dusenberry in 2001. His ads for New York tourism featured Yogi Berra conducting the New York Philharmonic.”

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