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- Birth nameMorton Freedgood
- John Godey was born on July 20, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and Johnny Handsome (1989). He was married to Lillian Freedgood. He died on April 16, 2006 in West New York, New Jersey, USA.
- SpouseLillian Freedgood (her death, 1 child)
- Began writing at a young age, he wrote novels like A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany, Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today, The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome, The Gun and Mr Smith, The Blue Hour, The Man in Question, This Year's Death, The Clay Assassin, and The Fifth House. His novel The Taking of Pelham 123 was a best seller in 1973 and made into a hit movie with Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw in 1974 and remade in 2009.
- Attended City College of New York and New York University.
- Served in the Infantry in World War II.
- Worked in public relations and publicity for film companies, including United Artists, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount.
- Pen name was derived from the 19th century magazine "Godey's Ladies Book'.
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