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Sayre was the son of businessman Joel Grover Sayre and Nora Clemens Sayre, a photographer and interior decorator. He was raised at Columbus, Ohio, and educated at the Columbus Academy in Ohio, and a private school in Cleveland. A childhood friend was James Thurber, later a distinguished writer.
Sayre retired from teaching in 1971 and relocated to Virginia. Joel Grover Sayre died on September 9, 1979, a year after he had moved to Taftsville, Vermont to be with Jeanette Lowe, a life-long friend. He was survived by his daughter, journalist, author and film critic Nora Sayre (1932-2001). Sayre's wife, the former Gertrude Lynahan, died on ...
- Writer
- December 13, 1901
- Joel Sayre
- September 9, 1979
Feb 12, 2021 · The House Without a Roof, by Joel Sayre (1948) “Before the all-out bombings of Berlin began in November 1943, there were six houses on the Hofmann’s street,” Joel Sayre writes. “Now, in July 1945, there were, by official reckoning, one and a half, of which the house that Lilo lived in was reckoned as one.”. Though it looked like an ...
Joel is a self-taught wood sculptor and designer born and raised in Seattle, now living in the hills outside Duvall, WA. After studying furniture making at the Wood Construction Center in Seattle, Joel gradually drifted away from furniture towards sculpting wood as he learned his mind and personality are better suited to the free-form process.
Sep 14, 1979 · He was 78 years old. Mr. Sayre, a burly Hoosier with heavy bones and a light heart, bounced through many worlds in his offbeat‐career as adventurer, satirical novelist, Hollywood figure and ...
Joel G. Sayre was a journalist, author, screenwriter and foreign correspondent. He was born December 13, 1900 in Marion, Indiana, the son of Joel Grover Sayre, a businessman, and Nora Clemens Sayre, a photographer and interior decorator. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, attended the Columbus Academy there, and a private school in Cleveland.
Fourteen Hours is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway that tells the story of a New York City police officer trying to stop a despondent man from jumping to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel. The film stars Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Debra Paget. It also marked the screen debut of Grace Kelly and ...