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- Birth nameThomas Eugene Robbins
- Tom Robbins was born on July 22, 1932 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and Still Life with Woodpecker. He was married to Alexa Robbins, Terrie Lunden, Susan and Donna Davis. He died on February 9, 2025 in La Conner, Washington, USA.
- SpousesAlexa Robbins(1994 - February 9, 2025) (his death, 3 children)Terrie Lunden(1968 - 1971)Susan(1948 - 1962) (divorced, 1 child)Donna Davis (divorced)
- He sat on the board of directors of The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas (formerly 826 Seattle), "a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to helping youth, ages six to 18, improve their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.".
- His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared "un-memoir".
- Robbins won in 1997 the Bumbershoot Golden Umbrella Award for Lifetime Achievement in the arts that is presented annually by the Bumbershoot arts festival in Seattle.
- His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant.
- In 1953, he enlisted in the Air Force after receiving his draft notice, spending a year as a meteorologist in Korea, followed by two years in the Special Weather Intelligence unit of the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska.
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