About
Poet, author, and journalist remembered for creating the humorous "Archy" and "Mehitabel" newspaper columns. He also invented a character known as "the Old Soak" who inspired several books, a play, and two films.
Before Fame
He was an editorial writer for The Atlanta Journal at the start of his career.
Trivia
He was known for such creatively-titled works as Love Sonnets of a Cave Man and When the Turtles Sing.
Family Life
He married actress Marjorie Potts Vonnegut following the death of his first wife, Reina Melcher.
Associated With
He and Army Archerd were both newspaper columnists.
