Mickey Spillane: Dead

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of readers with the shoot-’em-up sex and violence of gumshoe Mike Hammer, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Spillane’s death was confirmed by Brad Stephens of Goldfinch Funeral Home in his hometown of Murrells Inlet. Details about his death were not immediately available.
After starting out in comic books Spillane wrote his first Mike Hammer novel, “I, the Jury,” in 1946. Twelve more followed, with sales topping 100 million. Notable titles included “The Killing Man,” “The Girl Hunters” and “One Lonely Night.”
Many of these books were made into movies, including the classic film noir “Kiss Me, Deadly” and “The Girl Hunters,” in which Spillane himself starred. Hammer stories were also featured on television in the series “Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer” and in made-for-TV movies. In the 1980s, Spillane appeared in a string of Miller Lite beer commercials.

 

Be honest: how many of us knew Mickey Spillane was still alive??

RIP, Mike Hammer.

 

Last Tuesday?

 

If it's next Tuesday, as in tomorrow, I want to know who that AP writer is so he or she can take me out to buy lottery tickets.

 

Somewhere, there's a blond doll crying.

 

A young Delta Burke was smokin hot on that show.

 

I actually thought that spaceman might be Mickey Spillane.

Glad to see you're still with us, space. 8)

 

Whodunnit?

 

Tough break, pallie....

 

Forty-two-twelve, Basic Military Journalism. You gotta be shitting me, Joker! You think you're Mickey Spillane? Do you think you're some kind of fucking writer? [/fullmetaljacket]

 

That's my sig.
(Changed for today.)

 

Thanks, toots. Right back at cha.