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- Birth nameDahlia Messick
- Dale Messick was born on April 11, 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945), Brenda Starr (1989) and Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979). She was married to Oscar Strom and Everett George. She died on April 5, 2005 in Penngrove, California, USA.
- SpousesOscar Strom (divorced)Everett George (divorced, 1 child)
- Male readers wrote to Messick, assuming that Dale was a man and asking for private sketches of Brenda that were racier than those in the newspapers. She send one such fan a drawing of Brenda going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, with the note "Is this daring enough?".
- Retired in 1985, but "Brenda Starr" is still running. It is now written by Mary Schmich and drawn by June Brigman.
- Cartoonist; created character Brenda Starr.
- Married and divorced twice.
Was seriously injured in a car accident. - Mother of Starr Rohrman of Sonoma County; grandmother of Curt and Laura.
- I used to get letters from girl reporters saying that their lives were nowhere near as exciting as Brenda's. I told them that if I made Brenda's life like theirs, nobody would read it.
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