Word: yardbirds
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DIED. MARION HARGROVE, 83, best-selling author of See Here, Private Hargrove; of pneumonia; in Long Beach, Calif. A grinning account of yardbird misadventures during World War II, it instantly catapulted the 22-year-old North Carolina recruit to fame. The book and its sequel were made into movies starring Robert Walker. Hargrove went on to become a film and TV writer whose credits included The Music Man, I Spy, Maverick and The Waltons. Said Hargrove in 1947: "I was just an ordinary guy, writing for a small audience. Suddenly, success picked...