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- Birth nameMilton Eric Blau
- Eric Blau was born on June 1, 1921 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer, known for Hustlers (2019), Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975) and Legion (2017). He was married to Elly Stone. He died on February 17, 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseElly Stone(1962 - February 17, 2009) (his death)
- Founder of "Masses and Mainstream". Poet.
- Married twice and has three children: Peter, Matthew and John.
- Wrote a number of works of poetry, novels and plays, but never achieved equivalent success to his Jacques Brel work.
- Was introduced to the music of Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel by his wife Elly Stone, who had first heard Brel's music through an acquaintance at a record company.
- Served in Europe during World War II in the United States Army Signal Corps, where he wrote poems for French journals that he had translated into French.
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