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   Joan H. Parker, the widow of the mystery writer Robert B. Parker and the inspiration for one of his most independent heroines, died on Wednesday in Boston. She was 80. The cause was lung...

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   Jun 13, 2013 · A writer, philanthropist, and activist, Joan Parker was also a muse extraordinaire to her late husband, mystery writer Robert B. Parker, and the inspiration for Susan Silverman, the fictional...

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2001/08/23 › gardenAT HOME WITH: JOAN AND ROBERT B. PARKER; A House Divided ...

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   Aug 23, 2001 · ROBERT B. PARKER and his wife, Joan, have been together for almost half a century, have raised two children, and since 1987 have worked together turning his famous detective novels into TV movies.

5. www.bostonherald.com › 2013/06/15 › joan-h-parkerJoan H. Parker, author, activist, philanthropist – Boston Herald

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   Jun 15, 2013 · Joan H. Parker of Cambridge, philanthropist, activist, writer and wife of the late acclaimed mystery writer Robert B. Parker, died Tuesday at Massachusetts General Hospital after a lengthy...

6. www.wbur.org › hereandnow › 2013/06/17Remembering A Crime Writer's Wife And Muse | Here & Now - WBUR

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   Jun 17, 2013 · Joan Parker, longtime philanthropist and the widow of mystery writer Robert B. Parker, died last Tuesday. Joan was the inspiration for the character loved by Robert's...

7. www.nytimes.com › 2010/07/08 › gardenRobert Parker’s Widow Rearranges Home and Preserves Memories ...

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   Jul 7, 2010 · The teller is Joan Parker, the widow of Robert B. Parker, the best-selling mystery writer who died in January.

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   Who was Joan Parker?

   • A writer, philanthropist, and activist, Joan Parker was also a muse extraordinaire to her late husband, mystery writer Robert B. Parker, and the inspiration for Susan Silverman, the fictional girlfriend of Spenser, the private investigator who was her husband’s greatest creation.

   Joan Parker, 80; writer and philanthropist was muse to her late husband

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   Who is Susan Parker?

   • Long an active philanthropist in the arts and with organizations involved with Boston’s gay and lesbian community, Mrs. Parker for two decades cochaired Community Servings, a not-for-profit that provides emergency food and nutrition for the acutely ill and their dependents and caregivers.

   Joan Parker, 80; writer and philanthropist was muse to her late husband

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   Who is Robert Parker's wife?

   • ROBERT B. PARKER and his wife, Joan, have been together for almost half a century, have raised two children, and since 1987 have worked together turning his famous detective novels into TV movies. He dedicates his books to her, and she appears in them, thinly veiled, as a major character named Susan. But real life has thrown them some curves.

   AT HOME WITH: JOAN AND ROBERT B. PARKER; A House Divided

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   What happened to Dorothy Parker?

   • She was 80. The cause was lung cancer, her son Daniel said. A witty, irreverent woman who favored black leather pants and high-heeled boots, Ms. Parker was an avid, and adventurous, fund-raiser for a variety of causes.

   Joan H. Parker, 80, Mystery Writer’s Muse, Dies

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9. www.bostonglobe.com › metro › 2013/06/13Joan Parker, 80; philanthropist was muse to late husband

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   Jun 13, 2013 · Mrs. Parker, who died of lung cancer Wednesday in Massachusetts General Hospital, was 80 and lived in a large Cambridge house she had shared with her husband in an unusual, and unusually...