- Born
- Died
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- Gus
- Gustav Hasford was born in 1947, in Russellville, Alabama. He joined the Marines right out of school in 1967 and used his experiences as a Combat Correspondent in Vietnam to write his first novel, The Short-Timers, which Stanley Kubrick turned into Full Metal Jacket (1987). Hasford's second novel, published in 1990, was a sequel to The Short-Timers titled The Phantom Blooper. It detailed Private Joker's transformation after living in a Vietnamese village. Hasford's final novel, A Gypsy Good Time, was a dialogue-rich detective story. When he died of a heart attack in 1993 he was living on the island of Ithaca in Greece.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jason Aaron <where@uab.edu>
- SpouseCharlene Broock(September 1, 1978 - ?)
- Did not graduate high school because he refused to take his graduation exams.
- He married Charlene Broock in September 1978. In his 1979 novel "The Short-Timers", Leonard ("Private Pyle") names his M-14 rifle "Charlene".
- Died alone, living in a cheap motel on the island of Aegina in Greece.
- His sequel to "The Short-Timers" (1979), "The Phantom Blooper", was published in 1990. Though his two war novels, particularly his first, are considered classics of Vietnam War-era fiction, neither book currently is in print.
- Won an Academy Award nomination (along with co-screenwriters Michael Herr and Stanley Kubrick ) for the only produced screenplay he ever wrote.
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