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- Birth nameJohn Richard Briley
- John Briley was born on June 25, 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gandhi (1982), Molokai (1999) and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992). He was married to Nancy Helmich Whitcomb, Dorothy Reichart and Valerie Belsky. He died on December 14, 2019 in the USA.
- SpousesNancy Helmich Whitcomb(2004 - December 14, 2019) (his death)Dorothy Reichart(? - 199?) (divorced, 4 children)Valerie Belsky (divorced)
- Raised in Detroit, he was the sixth of seven children of William, a salesman, and his wife, Stella (nee Daly), a sales assistant in a department store.
- He was educated at Southwestern high school, Detroit, where he wrote educational radio scripts that won him a scholarship sponsored by a local radio station.
- Served three years in the U.S. Air Force.
- Darryl Zanuck once said there is no shortage of talented writers, only of talented readers. This is perhaps too generous!
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