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*1911, May 14: became initiated into the covenant of Abraham, with Rabbi Dr. Leon Harrison as his godfather<ref>"Local", The Jewish Voice ''(St. Louis, Missouri), 5 May 1911, p 2</ref>.  
*1911, May 14: became initiated into the covenant of Abraham, with Rabbi Dr. Leon Harrison as his godfather<ref>"Local", The Jewish Voice ''(St. Louis, Missouri), 5 May 1911, p 2</ref>.  
*1913: Eleanor and Benjamin Gross get divorced <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref>.
*1913: Eleanor and Benjamin Gross get divorced <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref>.
*1913, December: Eleanor Allina Gross remarries to Albert Falk Epstein <ref>St Louis Post Dispatch ''(St Louis, Missouri)'' 23 December 1913</ref>, and from boyhood through his college education Leon was known as '''Leon H. Epstein'''.
*1913, December: Eleanor Allina Gross remarries to Albert Falk Epstein <ref>St Louis Post Dispatch ''(St Louis, Missouri)'' 23 December 1913</ref>, and from boyhood through his college education Leon was known as '''Leon Harrison Epstein'''.
*1915, April 19: Leon's brother Leslie Alan Epstein is born <ref>1920 United States Federal Census, St. Louis City, Missouri</ref>.
*1915, April 19: Leon's brother Leslie Alan Epstein is born <ref>1920 United States Federal Census, St. Louis City, Missouri</ref>.
*1917, August: the family vacationing<ref>The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 10 August 1917, p 15</ref> at Lake Minnetonka for the balance of the season.
*1917, August: the family vacationing<ref>The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 10 August 1917, p 15</ref> at Lake Minnetonka for the balance of the season.
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*1934, March 29: returning<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 5 April 1934, p 14</ref> with his father, Albert Epstein, from a two and a half weeks' trip to New York. ''"While in the east young Epstein submitted some of his literary and comic strip work to publishers and received very flattering commendation"''.
*1934, March 29: returning<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 5 April 1934, p 14</ref> with his father, Albert Epstein, from a two and a half weeks' trip to New York. ''"While in the east young Epstein submitted some of his literary and comic strip work to publishers and received very flattering commendation"''.
*1934, April 7: Leon copyrighted [[Mandrake the Magician]] under both the names Leon Harrison Epstein and Lee Falk <ref>Library of Congress Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 4 - Works of Art, Etc. New Series, 1934, 66</ref>.
*1934, April 7: Leon copyrighted [[Mandrake the Magician]] under both the names Leon Harrison Epstein and Lee Falk <ref>Library of Congress Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 4 - Works of Art, Etc. New Series, 1934, 66</ref>.
*1934: By decree of the circuit court, St. Louis, Mo., Leon's name was legally changed from Leon H. Gross to '''Leon Harrison Epstein Falk''' <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref>.
*1934: by decree of the circuit court, St. Louis, Mo., Leon's name was legally changed from Leon H. Gross to '''Leon Harrison Epstein Falk''' <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref>.
*1934, June 11: Mandrake the Magician daily comic strip debutes.
*1934, June 11: Mandrake the Magician daily comic strip debutes.
*1935, February 3: Mandrake the Magician Sunday page debutes.
*1935, February 3: Mandrake the Magician Sunday page debutes.
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*1936, February 17: [[The Phantom]] daily comic strip debutes.
*1936, February 17: [[The Phantom]] daily comic strip debutes.
*1936, September: visit<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 10 Sep 1936, p 15</ref> in Colerado, Hotel Chase, a few weeks before going to New York.
*1936, September: visit<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 10 Sep 1936, p 15</ref> in Colerado, Hotel Chase, a few weeks before going to New York.
*1936, October 5: Lee and Louise Falk moved to New York.
*1936, October 5: Lee and Louise Falk move to New York.
*1937, June 9: sailing<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 10 Jun 1937, p 13</ref> for a several months' tour in Europe.
*1937, June 9: sailing<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 10 Jun 1937, p 13</ref> for a several months' tour in Europe.
*1937, October 14: Lee and Louise returns with S.S. Normandie, sailing from Southamton (England) to N.Y. <ref name="ny-pl">New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957</ref> ''(address: 315 E. 68th St. - NYC NY)''
*1937, October 14: Lee and Louise returns with S.S. Normandie, sailing from Southamton (England) to N.Y. <ref name="ny-pl">New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957</ref> ''(address: 315 E. 68th St. - NYC NY)''
*1937, <small>(between Oct 21 and Dec 8)</small>: With<ref>Brown, Robert U, "Comic Artists Appearing On Radio Program", ''Editor and Publisher'' 11 December 1937, p 28</ref> 3 or 4 other cartoonists in the Radio Show "Fathers of the Funnies" ''(aired over WINS (NY))''
*1938, May: sailing<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 12 May 1938, p 15</ref> to Norway, Sweden and Russia. Later thay will meet Mrs. Falk's parents, who are visiting in Bulgaria.  
*1938, May: sailing<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 12 May 1938, p 15</ref> to Norway, Sweden and Russia. Later thay will meet Mrs. Falk's parents, who are visiting in Bulgaria.  
*1938, May 31: Lee and Louise arrives Liverpool (England), sailing with SS Samaria from N.Y. via Boston, Greenock and Dublin. ''(proposed address in the UK: Chase Bank, Berkeley (80) London)''
*1938, May 31: Lee and Louise arrives Liverpool (England), sailing with SS Samaria from N.Y. via Boston, Greenock and Dublin. ''(proposed address in the UK: Chase Bank, Berkeley (80) London)''
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*1938, holiday season: visit<ref>Frisby, Hedda, "Just a Moment Please!", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 16 Mar 1939, p 3</ref> in St. Louis. Showed some interesting pictures ''(in color)'' of some unusual spots thar he visited in Russia ''(where they kept him under arrest until thay developed the films)'', along the Dalmation Cost and up the Nile. With Mrs. Falk he spent some time in Bulgaria visiting relatives and traveling through the Balkans.   
*1938, holiday season: visit<ref>Frisby, Hedda, "Just a Moment Please!", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 16 Mar 1939, p 3</ref> in St. Louis. Showed some interesting pictures ''(in color)'' of some unusual spots thar he visited in Russia ''(where they kept him under arrest until thay developed the films)'', along the Dalmation Cost and up the Nile. With Mrs. Falk he spent some time in Bulgaria visiting relatives and traveling through the Balkans.   
*1939, May 28: The Phantom Sunday page debutes.
*1939, May 28: The Phantom Sunday page debutes.
*1939, September 10: At the New York Journal-American Day rode<ref>"125,000 Tickets To Fair Sold By N.Y. Daily", ''Editor and Publisher'' 16 September 1939, p 20</ref> the Comic Carnival parade with Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Otto Soglow, Ad Carter, Ed Anthony, Ruth Carrol and [[Phil Davis]]. They also judged the 200 contestants, awarding cash prizes totaling $250 and merchandise.
*1939, December 25: visit<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 14 Dec 1939, p 17</ref> in St. Louis.
*1939, December 25: visit<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 14 Dec 1939, p 17</ref> in St. Louis.


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*1940: Lee Falk starts the [[Spotlight on Lee Falk - The Theatre Years|Cambridge Summer Theatre]] with John Huntington and Miriam Battista.
*1940: Lee Falk starts the [[Spotlight on Lee Falk - The Theatre Years|Cambridge Summer Theatre]] with John Huntington and Miriam Battista.
*1940, December 3: guest at the "Professor Quiz" program ''(CBS)'', with Budd Mayer, Marion Pierce and Max Kurtz.
*1940, December 3: guest at the "Professor Quiz" program ''(CBS)'', with Budd Mayer, Marion Pierce and Max Kurtz.
*1940, December 21: attendance (with Bob Dunn) at the Christmas Party for Orphans.
*1940, December 25: visit<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 23 Dec 1940, p 17</ref> in St. Louis.
*1940, December 25: visit<ref>"Social News", The Modern View ''(St. Louis, Missouri)'' 23 Dec 1940, p 17</ref> in St. Louis.
*1941, February 1: Leon, Louise and Valerie leaving<ref>"Personals and Notes", ''Editor and Publisher'' 25 January 1941, p 29</ref> for the Bahamas where they had taken a house for a three months' stay.
*1941, April 24: Lee, Louise and Valery returning with S.S. Evangelium, sailing from Nassau to N.Y. <ref name="ny-pl">New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957</ref> ''(address: 235 E. 68th St. - NYC NY)'' They sailed from N.Y. with S.S. Evangeline of Eastern Steamship Line on February the 1st.
*1941, April 24: Lee, Louise and Valery returning with S.S. Evangelium, sailing from Nassau to N.Y. <ref name="ny-pl">New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957</ref> ''(address: 235 E. 68th St. - NYC NY)'' They sailed from N.Y. with S.S. Evangeline of Eastern Steamship Line on February the 1st.
*1942: Office of Facts & Figures (later OWI) established a radio section in its Foreign Language Division with Lee Falk as chief <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref><ref group="footnotes">Working in Washington D.C., not at a local Illinois radio station.</ref>. Chief of the Foreign Language Division was Alan MacGregor Cranston <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref>.
*1941, May: in New York, presence - with several comics creators - at the "I Am An American Day" reunion. 
*1942: "Office of Facts & Figures" (later OWI) established a radio section in its Foreign Language Division with Lee Falk as chief <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref><ref group="footnotes">Working in Washington D.C., not at a local Illinois radio station.</ref>. Chief of the Foreign Language Division was Alan MacGregor Cranston <ref name="us-owi">''Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ...'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390</ref>.
*1944, March 7: Lee H. Falk is enlisted as private at Fort Devens in Massachusetts <ref>U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946</ref>.
*1944, March 7: Lee H. Falk is enlisted as private at Fort Devens in Massachusetts <ref>U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946</ref>.
*1945: [[Constance Falk|Constance J. Moorehead Lilienthal]] acted at the Cambridge Summer Theatre.
*1945: [[Constance Falk|Constance J. Moorehead Lilienthal]] acted at the Cambridge Summer Theatre.
*1945: Lee and Louise get divorced.
*1945: Lee and Louise get divorced.
*1946: In addition to The Cambridge Summer Theatre Lee Falk and John Huntington operated the new Boston Summer Theatre.
*1946, January 25: ''gossip press'' - Lee Falk, who "found" "Dark of the Moon," and Pride Paxton<ref group="footnotes">presumably this is Florence Pride Paxton ''(1920-1990)''.</ref>, a Miami lass, may elope...
*1946: in addition to The Cambridge Summer Theatre Lee Falk and John Huntington operated the new Boston Summer Theatre.
*1946, July 30: Lee marries Constance Lilienthal and honeymooned for a week <ref>"Falk-Lilienthal Nuptials Read on Tuesday", The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 3 August 1946, tree</ref>, best man was Alan MacGregor Cranston.
*1946, July 30: Lee marries Constance Lilienthal and honeymooned for a week <ref>"Falk-Lilienthal Nuptials Read on Tuesday", The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 3 August 1946, tree</ref>, best man was Alan MacGregor Cranston.
*1947, May 22: Daughter, Diane  born to Constance and Lee Falk.
*1947, May 22: daughter, Diane  born to Constance and Lee Falk.


===1950-1959===
===1950-1959===
*1950 (March): Guest at Bill Slater's "Luncheon at Sardi's", aired from the famous theatrical resturant in New York. Explaining the technique of writing a successful adventure strip.  
*(undated / maybe 1955): stay in Cuba where Lee became friend with Ernest Hemingway.
*1950, March: guest at Bill Slater's "Luncheon at [[Sardi's]]", aired from the famous theatrical resturant in New York. Explaining the technique of writing a successful adventure strip.  
*(undated): first summer vacations in a house rented  in Truro (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the south part of Cape Cod’s tip, an area known as the "Outer Cape") at 41 South Pamet Road.   
*(undated): first summer vacations in a house rented  in Truro (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the south part of Cape Cod’s tip, an area known as the "Outer Cape") at 41 South Pamet Road.   
*1950 (July): Lee is producer for the play "On The Town" at the Grist Mill Playhouse in Andover, New Jersey.
*1950, July: Lee is producer for the play "On The Town" at the Grist Mill Playhouse in Andover, New Jersey.
*1950, August 7: Lee Falk was the producer and supervisor of the comedy "On the Town" at Spa Summer Theatre in Saratoga Springs, New York.  
*1950, August 7: Lee Falk was the producer and supervisor of the comedy "On the Town" at Spa Summer Theatre in Saratoga Springs, New York.  
*1951 (September 5): Birth of Conley, son of Lee and Connie Falk.
*1951, Winter: Lee and his wife took a 100-acre estat, The Retreat filled with every palm tree known to man and with a small section filled with jungle plants called Green Hell, in Nassau (Bahamas) for their two months' vacation.<ref>Adams, Marjory ''Talented Newcomers in Boston Summer Theatre's Musical Alice"'' The Boston Globe ''(Boston, Massachusetts)'' 01 Jul 1951, p 52</ref>
*1952 (July): association with Al Capp (“Li’l Abner” creator) for the County Playhouse summer season in Framingham, Massachusetts.  
*1951, September 5: birth of Conley, son of Lee and Connie Falk.
*1953 and 1954 : organizes some plays for the February theatre month at the Bahama Playhouse in Nassau, Bahamas.
*1952, June: Lee spent a happy winter in New Mexico, visiting Indian ruins and writing a play (a serious drama).<ref>Adams, Marjory ''Falk Calls His Summer Theatres "Most beatiful in the East"'' The Boston Globe ''(Boston, Massachusetts)'' 22 Jun 1952, p 97</ref>
*1952, July: association with Al Capp (“Li’l Abner” creator) for the County Playhouse summer season in Framingham, Massachusetts.  
*1953 and 1954: organizes some plays for the February theatre month at the Bahama Playhouse in Nassau, Bahamas.
*1954 (undated): Lee’s play "Happy Dollar" was staged 6 weeks in 1954 by the Theatre Inc., Houston, Texas.
*1954 (undated): Lee’s play "Happy Dollar" was staged 6 weeks in 1954 by the Theatre Inc., Houston, Texas.
*1954 (undated): Divorce of Lee and Connie.
*1954 (undated): divorce of Lee and Connie.
*1954 (undated): Lee manages the first Marblehead theatre summer season.   
*1954 (undated): Lee manages the first Marblehead theatre summer season.   
*1956 (May): cited as collaborator in the generic of the French  documentary film “Toute la mémoire du monde” (“All the World's Memories”), directed by Alain Resnais.
*1954, June: Made his ''headquarters'' in a little cottage on Peaches Point in Marblehead for the season. He brought his two 5-months-old boxers, Reef and Conch, with him from Bahamas.<ref>Adams, Marjory ''Summer Audience Now Demand Musicals or Drama, Says Falk'' The Boston Globe ''(Boston, Massachusetts)'' 27 Jun 1954, p 70</ref>
*1958 (January): Lee produces and stages the play “Winkelberg” at the Renata Theater, in New York City.
*1956, May: cited as collaborator in the generic of the French  documentary film “Toute la mémoire du monde” (“All the World's Memories”), directed by Alain Resnais.
*1958, January: Lee produces and stages the play “Winkelberg” at the Renata Theater, in New York City.
*1959, December 30: ''gossip press'' - Lee Falk, creator of "Mandrake the Magician" (the comic strip), and actress [[Shirley Smith]] are about to commit Merger...


=== 1960-1969 ===
=== 1960-1969 ===
*1960 (undated) : purchase of the rented house (the house was nicknamed by Lee “Xanadu”; in 2012 the house, always the propriety of Elizabeth Falk-Moxley and Valerie Falk was estimated as being worth 1,107,700  US dollars.  
*1960 (undated) : purchase of the rented house (the house was nicknamed by Lee “Xanadu”; in 2012 the house, always the propriety of Elizabeth Falk-Moxley and Valerie Falk was estimated as being worth 1,107,700  US dollars.  
*1961, August 29: Birth of Marie Louise, granddaughter of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
*1961, August 29: birth of Marie Louise, granddaughter of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
*1962, December 15: Birth of Antony grandson of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
*1962, December 15: birth of Antony grandson of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
*1964, January 24: Birth of Rondi, granddaughter of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
*1964, January 24: birth of Rondi, granddaughter of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
*1964, May 6: guest speaker<ref>"To Adress Rotary Clubs", Santa Ynez Valley News ''(Solvang, California)'', 30 April 1964, p 9</ref> at a combined luncheon meeting of the Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Rotary Clubs.
*1964, May 31: (according a photo seller on ebay) Lee and friend Senator Cranston, attended the Martin Luther King rally held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
*1964, May 31: (according a photo seller on ebay) Lee and friend Senator Cranston, attended the Martin Luther King rally held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
*1964, June 9: on demand of the French [[CÉLEG]] comics club, Lee Falk is interviewed by Alain Resnais in New-York.
*1965 (February/March): visit in Europe: in Italy for the first “International Exhibition of Comics” held in Bordighera (February 21 and 22) and in Paris, France.
*1965 (February/March): visit in Europe: in Italy for the first “International Exhibition of Comics” held in Bordighera (February 21 and 22) and in Paris, France.
*1965, May 2O: Television appearance, with some other comics creators, in the game-show "Password" broadcasted on the CBS network
*1965, May 2O: television appearance, with cartoonist Mort Walker and show host Alan Ludden, in the game-show "Password" broadcasted on the CBS network. (see below: "External Links")
*1966 (undated): visit in Paris for the exhibition of Mandrake/Phantom which took place from 3 to 15 June.  
*1966 (undated): visit in Paris for the exhibition of Mandrake/Phantom which took place from 3 to 15 June.  
*1966 (undated): publishing of “Eris”, a drama in one act firstly staged at the “Théâtre La Bruyère” in Paris the same year and then by American Theatre Company in 1970.
*1966 (undated): publishing of “Eris”, a drama in one act firstly staged at the “Théâtre La Bruyère” in Paris the same year and then by American Theatre Company in 1970.
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*1967 (Spring): visit in Paris (France) for the exhibit about comics "Bande dessinée et figuration narrative".
*1967 (Spring): visit in Paris (France) for the exhibit about comics "Bande dessinée et figuration narrative".
*1967 (undated): publishing of "Home at Six", a one act comedy.
*1967 (undated): publishing of "Home at Six", a one act comedy.
*1969, April 2: receives the NCS Service Award by the National Cartoonists Society.
*1968, April 22: dinner and show of the society's Reuben Awards held in the Plaza Hotel, New York. Lee Falk is the dinner chairman and co-producer of the show.
*1968, July 4-7: present at the International Convention of Comic Book Art held at the "Statler Hotel", 33rd Street, New York .
*1969, April 2: receives the "NCS Service Award" for his outstanding contributions to the National Cartoonists Society.
*196? (undated): publishing of "The Flatlands", a play.
*196? (undated): publishing of "The Flatlands", a play.
*1969, April 21: Reuben Awards dinner dance and show at Hotel Plaza (New York), a spoof-in Space titled "Rocket to Me" produced and directed by Lee Falk. The cast include Bob Dunn, Allan Jaffee, Howie Schneider, Irwin Hasen, Roy Doty, Mell Lazarus and Jerry Robinson.
*1969, April 21: Reuben Awards dinner dance and show at Hotel Plaza (New York), a spoof-in Space titled "Rocket to Me" produced and directed by Lee Falk. The cast include Bob Dunn, Allan Jaffee, Howie Schneider, Irwin Hasen, Roy Doty, Mell Lazarus and Jerry Robinson.


=== 1970-1979 ===
=== 1970-1979 ===
*1970 (November 20 to 22): visit in Rio de Janeiro before leaving for Sào Paulo (arrival November 23), Brazil.
*1970 (November 25): speech at the "Congresso Internacional de Histórias em Quadrinhos" held in Sào Paulo (Art Museum), Brazil.
*1970 (November 25): speech at the "Congresso Internacional de Histórias em Quadrinhos" held in Sào Paulo (Art Museum), Brazil.
*1970 (in the last days of November): visit in Brasília, Brazil.
*1970 (December): visit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
*1970 (December): visit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
*1971 (October): visit in Italy, wins “The Yellow Kid Award” at the Lucca Comics Conference.
*1971 arriving in Rome (Italy) on October 16, 1971 / participate at the 7th Lucca Comics Conference and wins “The Yellow Kid Award”.
*1971 (undated): Lee receives “The Roman Lifetime Achievement Award” by The Italian Minister of Culture.  
*1971 (undated): Lee receives “The Roman Lifetime Achievement Award” by The Italian Minister of Culture.  
*1971 (November): visit<ref>Atkin, Percy, "The man who can out-draw the Phantom", Birmingham Evening Mail ''(Birmingham, West Midlands, England)'', 22 November 1971, p 11</ref> in England.
*1972 (undated): acting of Lee for short appearance in the cast of the French film “[[L'An 01 (1973 Movie)]]” (part filmed in New York by Alain Resnais)
*1972 (undated): acting of Lee for short appearance in the cast of the French film “[[L'An 01 (1973 Movie)]]” (part filmed in New York by Alain Resnais)
*1972 to 1975: writes five Phantom novels for the [[Spotlight on Adapted Novels: The Phantom - Flash Gordon - Mandrake the Magician|Avon Publications]] ("The Ghost Who Walks", "The Mysterious Ambassador", "Killer's Town", "The Vampires and the Witch" and "The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull").  
*1972 to 1975: writes five Phantom novels for the [[Spotlight on Adapted Novels: The Phantom - Flash Gordon - Mandrake the Magician|Avon Publications]] ("The Ghost Who Walks", "The Mysterious Ambassador", "Killer's Town", "The Vampires and the Witch" and "The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull").  
*1972, September 19: visit in Stockholm (Sweden).
*1972, September 19: visit in Stockholm (Sweden).
*1972, October 7: Present in Paris for local Comics Convention, before leaving for London.
*1972, October 7: present in Paris for local Comics Convention, before leaving for London.
*1973, May 17: Death of Lee's mother [[Eleanor Allina Epstein|Eleanor]].   
*1973, May 17: death of Lee's mother [[Eleanor Allina Epstein|Eleanor]].   
*1973 (undated): writing of "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress” a musical, staged for the first time at the Lenox Arts Center at Wheatleigh.  
*1973 (undated): writing of "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress” a musical, staged for the first time at the Lenox Arts Center at Wheatleigh.  
*1975 (December): publishing in Playboy magazine of "Time is Money", a short story later said as base of the 2011 film “Time In” even if Lee Falk was not credited for it.
*1975 (December): publishing in Playboy magazine of "Time is Money", a short story later said as base of the 2011 film “Time In” even if Lee Falk was not credited for it.
*1976, December 31: Marriage with Elizabeth Moxley.
*1976, December 31: marriage with Elizabeth Moxley.
*1977 (September): visit in Oslo (Norway).
*1977 (September): visit in Oslo (Norway).
*1977, September 9: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin ''(The Swedish Academy of Comic Art)'' with the Adamsonstatyetten ''(Adamson Award)'' at a press conference (Serieakademin and Bulls Press) in Stockholm (Sweden).
*1977, September 9: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin ''(The Swedish Academy of Comic Art)'' with the Adamsonstatyetten ''(Adamson Award)'' at a press conference (Serieakademin and Bulls Press) in Stockholm (Sweden).
*1978 (April): Journey to China with his wife Elizabeth.
*1978 (April): journey to China with his wife Elizabeth. On April 13, interview at the "Mandarin Hotel", in Honk Kong, for the newspaper "South China Mor‌ning Post".


=== 1980-1989 ===
=== 1980-1989 ===
*1980 (undated): visit in Bombay (India).
*1980 (March/April): visit in Singapore (4 days), before going in Bombay (India) + Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bali.
*1983 (undated): visit in Copenhagen (Denmark).
*1983 (undated): visit in Copenhagen (Denmark).
*1984 (undated): visit in Italy. Invited at the 16th Italian Comics Conference in Lucca, receives a Yellow Kid Award in tribute for “A Life in Comics World”.
*1984, June 28: main guest of a New York City luncheon organized by KFS for marking the 50th anniversary of the "Mandrake the Magician" comic (with the presence of cartoonists Bob Dunn and Milton Caniff).
*1984, August: visit in Stockholm (Sweden).
*1984, August: visit in Stockholm (Sweden).
*1984 (undated / Autumn): visit in Italy. Invited at the 16th Italian Comics Conference in Lucca, receives a Yellow Kid Award in tribute for “A Life in Comics World”.
*1985, May 22: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin ''(The Swedish Academy of Comic Art)'' with a diploma at Ramlösa Brunnshotell in Helsingborg (Sweden).
*1985, May 22: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin ''(The Swedish Academy of Comic Art)'' with a diploma at Ramlösa Brunnshotell in Helsingborg (Sweden).
*1986 (undated): visits the recently opened "Fantomenland" in Eskilstuna (Sweden).  
*1986 (undated): visits the recently opened "Fantomenland" in Eskilstuna (Sweden).  
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*1988, March: visit in Australia (Sydney) to discuss plans for future "Phantom" film.  
*1988, March: visit in Australia (Sydney) to discuss plans for future "Phantom" film.  
*1989 (undated): wins the “Inkpot Award” at the San Diego International Comic Conference.
*1989 (undated): wins the “Inkpot Award” at the San Diego International Comic Conference.
*1989, November: visit in Spain and awarded by "Haxtur Award" at the "VI Salón Internacional del Cómic / Ciudad de Oviedo".


=== 1990-1999 ===
=== 1990-1999 ===
*1990 (undated): visit of the Book Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden before to visit the Liseberg Amusement Park.
*1990 (undated): visit of the Book Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden before to visit the Liseberg Amusement Park.
*1991, April 12: surprise pre-80th birthday party, organized by [[King Features Syndicate]], at The Players Club in New York City in the presence of Lee, [[Elizabeth Falk]], cartoonist Jules Pfeiffer and Senator Alan MacGregor Cranston.
*1990 (May): participation with [[Elizabeth Falk]] to the "Reuben Awards" (annual "National Cartoonists Society" event ) aboard the cruise ship "M.S.Sunward II" sailing from Miami to the Bahamas.
*1992 (undated): Birth of Gwendolyn, Lee's great granddaughter to Marie Louise.
*1990 (May): visit in Spain. Invited at the "8th Barcelona International Comic Fair" (speech on May 19).
*1991, April 12: surprise pre-80th birthday party, organized by [[King Features Syndicate]], at The Players Club in New York City in the presence of Lee, Elizabeth Falk, cartoonist Jules Pfeiffer and Senator Alan MacGregor Cranston.
*1992 (undated): birth of Gwendolyn, Lee's great granddaughter to Marie Louise.
*1994,February 11–13: invited at Convention "The New York Comic Book Spectacular" held in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
*1994,February 11–13: invited at Convention "The New York Comic Book Spectacular" held in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
*1994, May 21: Lee Falk Day in his hometown St. Louis,  with appearance at the Kansas City ComicCon the next day. On this latter occasion, Lee Falk was a guest speaker and was awarded for his contributions to the comic community.
*1994, May 21: Lee Falk Day in his hometown St. Louis,  with appearance at the Kansas City ComicCon the next day. On this latter occasion, Lee Falk was a guest speaker and was awarded for his contributions to the comic community.
*1996 (January): invited in Australia on the set of “The Phantom” movie.
*1996 (January): invited in Australia on the set of “The Phantom” movie ((on the Queenland's Gold Coast for the final filming of the movie).
*1996, June 4: At the Phantom movie Premiere, Lee received a letter from President Bill Clinton, congratulating him with his achievements.  
*1996, June 4: at the Phantom movie Premiere, Lee received a letter from President Bill Clinton, congratulating him with his achievements.  
*1996, October 28: present at the European Premiere of the Phantom film in Stockholm, Sweden.
*1996, October 28: present at the European Premiere of the Phantom film in Stockholm, Sweden.
*1999 (Spring): writes his final Mandrake and Phantom stories from his hospital bed with the help of his wife Elizabeth.
*1999 (Spring): writes his final Mandrake and Phantom stories from his hospital bed with the help of his wife Elizabeth.
*1999, March 13: Death of heart failure in New Yok City. Interment in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills Cemetery.
*1999, March 13: death of heart failure in New Yok City. Interment in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills Cemetery.


==== Just some views... (more to see on the "Spotlight on" pages concerning Lee Falk) ====
<gallery>
Image:LF-1932.jpg|''Lee Falk in 1932''
Image:LF-LK-Wedding.jpg|''1935 Wedding photo (Lee Fand and his wife [[Louise Falk]])''
Image:1940 X-mas Party for Orphans.jpg|''At the "Christmas Party for Orphans" 1940 event''
Image:1941 American Day.jpg|''With comics creators, "I Am An American" Day ("The Montana Standard" May 20, 1941)'' 
Image:LF-CM-1949.jpg|''1949 Photo (Lee Fand and his second wife [[ Constance Falk]])'' 
Image:1954-bostontheatrefront.png|''With actress Barbara Brittonr, in front of "The Boston Summer Theatre" (1954)''
Image:LF-1964-NY.jpg|''New-York 1964 (photo taken by French Movie Director [[Alain Resnais]]'' 
Image:1969 NCS award.jpg|1969 "National Cartoonists Society Service Award"''
Image:1986 11 10 New York Dinner.jpg|''At the November 10, 1986 "National Cartoonist Society" Dinner
Image:Tribute article 01.jpg|''"Provincetown Banner" article / March 18, 1999''
Image:Tribute article.jpg|''Newspaper "The Independent" / March 19, 1999''.
</gallery>


==Note==
==Note==
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==External links==
==External links==
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG3SNW3qOpo], "Password" tv show 1965-05-20 (You Tube)


[[Category: Spotlight on|Falk - Timeline]]
[[Category: Spotlight on|Falk - Timeline]]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 5 November 2024

Lee Falk
Lee Falk-40s.jpg
Biographical information
Born: April 28, 1911
Died: March 13, 1999
Nationality: Mini usa.gif American
Occupation: Writer
Website:


There exist many smaller biographies of Lee Falk, but all contain some minor errors. The purpose of this page is making a timeline of which each point has one or more references, other than Lee Falk himself.

Timeline

1910-1919

  • 1911, April 28: Leon Harrison Gross is born in St. Louis to Eleanor Allina and Benjamin B. Gross.
  • 1911, May 14: became initiated into the covenant of Abraham, with Rabbi Dr. Leon Harrison as his godfather[1].
  • 1913: Eleanor and Benjamin Gross get divorced [2].
  • 1913, December: Eleanor Allina Gross remarries to Albert Falk Epstein [3], and from boyhood through his college education Leon was known as Leon Harrison Epstein.
  • 1915, April 19: Leon's brother Leslie Alan Epstein is born [4].
  • 1917, August: the family vacationing[5] at Lake Minnetonka for the balance of the season.

1920-1929

  • 1921, June: earned one of 1 000 new Ranger bicycles in a newspaper subscription competition[6]
  • 1924: Leon enrols at Soldan High School.
  • 1926, April 25: a poem, "Father and Son"[7] by Leon H Epstein at a meeting in the Temple Israel Brootherhood.
  • 1926, May 19: Leon's[8] confirmation.
  • 1928: Leon enrols at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign.

1930-1939

  • 1932: Leon graduates from the Univerity of Illinois, Liberal Arts and Sciences - English [9]. Listed with: Zeta Beta Tau; Pi Delta Phi; Kappa Phi Sigma; The Daily Illini (1, 2, 3) and Honors Day (1, 2, 3).
  • 1932, October 9: ad: STUDENTS desiring tutoring in French, Latin, Greek or English lit. call Leon Harrison Epstein CA. 3658 [10].
  • 1933, May 2: Epstein is employed by an advertising agency and llives at 4615 Lindell boulevard. Besides the two operas, he has written an unpublished novel and during his years in school he was a frequent contributor to campus literary publications [11].
  • 1934, March 29: returning[12] with his father, Albert Epstein, from a two and a half weeks' trip to New York. "While in the east young Epstein submitted some of his literary and comic strip work to publishers and received very flattering commendation".
  • 1934, April 7: Leon copyrighted Mandrake the Magician under both the names Leon Harrison Epstein and Lee Falk [13].
  • 1934: by decree of the circuit court, St. Louis, Mo., Leon's name was legally changed from Leon H. Gross to Leon Harrison Epstein Falk [2].
  • 1934, June 11: Mandrake the Magician daily comic strip debutes.
  • 1935, February 3: Mandrake the Magician Sunday page debutes.
  • 1935, August: Leon returns[14] with his parents from a several weeks' visit to New York and nearby resorts.
  • 1935, October 1: Leon marries Louise Kanazireff, and honeymooned for a month in Mexico [15],[16].
  • 1936, February 17: The Phantom daily comic strip debutes.
  • 1936, September: visit[17] in Colerado, Hotel Chase, a few weeks before going to New York.
  • 1936, October 5: Lee and Louise Falk move to New York.
  • 1937, June 9: sailing[18] for a several months' tour in Europe.
  • 1937, October 14: Lee and Louise returns with S.S. Normandie, sailing from Southamton (England) to N.Y. [19] (address: 315 E. 68th St. - NYC NY)
  • 1937, (between Oct 21 and Dec 8): With[20] 3 or 4 other cartoonists in the Radio Show "Fathers of the Funnies" (aired over WINS (NY))
  • 1938, May: sailing[21] to Norway, Sweden and Russia. Later thay will meet Mrs. Falk's parents, who are visiting in Bulgaria.
  • 1938, May 31: Lee and Louise arrives Liverpool (England), sailing with SS Samaria from N.Y. via Boston, Greenock and Dublin. (proposed address in the UK: Chase Bank, Berkeley (80) London)
  • 1938, June 7: Albert Falk and Eleonor G. (G = Gross ?) Epstein sailing from New York to Plymouth (England) with S.S. Ile de France to visit their son Leslie. (address in London: Hotel Royal Court)
  • 1938, August 11: Albert and Eleonor Epstein returns with S.S. Saturnia, sailing from Trieste (Italy) to N.Y.
  • 1938, October 27: Lee and Louise Falk returns[footnotes 1] with S.S. Exochorda, sailing from Beirut (Syria) to N.Y. [19] (address: 235 E. 45th St. - NYC NY)
  • 1938, holiday season: visit[22] in St. Louis. Showed some interesting pictures (in color) of some unusual spots thar he visited in Russia (where they kept him under arrest until thay developed the films), along the Dalmation Cost and up the Nile. With Mrs. Falk he spent some time in Bulgaria visiting relatives and traveling through the Balkans.
  • 1939, May 28: The Phantom Sunday page debutes.
  • 1939, September 10: At the New York Journal-American Day rode[23] the Comic Carnival parade with Clayton Knight, Chic Young, Otto Soglow, Ad Carter, Ed Anthony, Ruth Carrol and Phil Davis. They also judged the 200 contestants, awarding cash prizes totaling $250 and merchandise.
  • 1939, December 25: visit[24] in St. Louis.

1940-1949

  • 1940, February 17: guest at Dr Harry Hagen's "True or False" show (radio show). Caroonists team: Georg McManus, Chic Young, Cliff Starrett, Lee Falk, Lyman Young and Jimmy Hatlo. Women writers team: Dorothy Kilgallen, Inez Robb, Prunella Wood, Ida Jean Kain Alice Hughes and Mrs Cornelius Beekman (Helen Ufford).
  • 1940, May 23: Lee and Louise's daughter Valerie Falk is born.
  • 1940: Lee Falk starts the Cambridge Summer Theatre with John Huntington and Miriam Battista.
  • 1940, December 3: guest at the "Professor Quiz" program (CBS), with Budd Mayer, Marion Pierce and Max Kurtz.
  • 1940, December 21: attendance (with Bob Dunn) at the Christmas Party for Orphans.
  • 1940, December 25: visit[25] in St. Louis.
  • 1941, February 1: Leon, Louise and Valerie leaving[26] for the Bahamas where they had taken a house for a three months' stay.
  • 1941, April 24: Lee, Louise and Valery returning with S.S. Evangelium, sailing from Nassau to N.Y. [19] (address: 235 E. 68th St. - NYC NY) They sailed from N.Y. with S.S. Evangeline of Eastern Steamship Line on February the 1st.
  • 1941, May: in New York, presence - with several comics creators - at the "I Am An American Day" reunion.
  • 1942: "Office of Facts & Figures" (later OWI) established a radio section in its Foreign Language Division with Lee Falk as chief [2][footnotes 2]. Chief of the Foreign Language Division was Alan MacGregor Cranston [2].
  • 1944, March 7: Lee H. Falk is enlisted as private at Fort Devens in Massachusetts [27].
  • 1945: Constance J. Moorehead Lilienthal acted at the Cambridge Summer Theatre.
  • 1945: Lee and Louise get divorced.
  • 1946, January 25: gossip press - Lee Falk, who "found" "Dark of the Moon," and Pride Paxton[footnotes 3], a Miami lass, may elope...
  • 1946: in addition to The Cambridge Summer Theatre Lee Falk and John Huntington operated the new Boston Summer Theatre.
  • 1946, July 30: Lee marries Constance Lilienthal and honeymooned for a week [28], best man was Alan MacGregor Cranston.
  • 1947, May 22: daughter, Diane born to Constance and Lee Falk.

1950-1959

  • (undated / maybe 1955): stay in Cuba where Lee became friend with Ernest Hemingway.
  • 1950, March: guest at Bill Slater's "Luncheon at Sardi's", aired from the famous theatrical resturant in New York. Explaining the technique of writing a successful adventure strip.
  • (undated): first summer vacations in a house rented in Truro (Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the south part of Cape Cod’s tip, an area known as the "Outer Cape") at 41 South Pamet Road.
  • 1950, July: Lee is producer for the play "On The Town" at the Grist Mill Playhouse in Andover, New Jersey.
  • 1950, August 7: Lee Falk was the producer and supervisor of the comedy "On the Town" at Spa Summer Theatre in Saratoga Springs, New York.
  • 1951, Winter: Lee and his wife took a 100-acre estat, The Retreat filled with every palm tree known to man and with a small section filled with jungle plants called Green Hell, in Nassau (Bahamas) for their two months' vacation.[29]
  • 1951, September 5: birth of Conley, son of Lee and Connie Falk.
  • 1952, June: Lee spent a happy winter in New Mexico, visiting Indian ruins and writing a play (a serious drama).[30]
  • 1952, July: association with Al Capp (“Li’l Abner” creator) for the County Playhouse summer season in Framingham, Massachusetts.
  • 1953 and 1954: organizes some plays for the February theatre month at the Bahama Playhouse in Nassau, Bahamas.
  • 1954 (undated): Lee’s play "Happy Dollar" was staged 6 weeks in 1954 by the Theatre Inc., Houston, Texas.
  • 1954 (undated): divorce of Lee and Connie.
  • 1954 (undated): Lee manages the first Marblehead theatre summer season.
  • 1954, June: Made his headquarters in a little cottage on Peaches Point in Marblehead for the season. He brought his two 5-months-old boxers, Reef and Conch, with him from Bahamas.[31]
  • 1956, May: cited as collaborator in the generic of the French documentary film “Toute la mémoire du monde” (“All the World's Memories”), directed by Alain Resnais.
  • 1958, January: Lee produces and stages the play “Winkelberg” at the Renata Theater, in New York City.
  • 1959, December 30: gossip press - Lee Falk, creator of "Mandrake the Magician" (the comic strip), and actress Shirley Smith are about to commit Merger...

1960-1969

  • 1960 (undated) : purchase of the rented house (the house was nicknamed by Lee “Xanadu”; in 2012 the house, always the propriety of Elizabeth Falk-Moxley and Valerie Falk was estimated as being worth 1,107,700 US dollars.
  • 1961, August 29: birth of Marie Louise, granddaughter of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
  • 1962, December 15: birth of Antony grandson of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
  • 1964, January 24: birth of Rondi, granddaughter of Lee to Valerie and Pedro Silva.
  • 1964, May 6: guest speaker[32] at a combined luncheon meeting of the Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Rotary Clubs.
  • 1964, May 31: (according a photo seller on ebay) Lee and friend Senator Cranston, attended the Martin Luther King rally held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
  • 1964, June 9: on demand of the French CÉLEG comics club, Lee Falk is interviewed by Alain Resnais in New-York.
  • 1965 (February/March): visit in Europe: in Italy for the first “International Exhibition of Comics” held in Bordighera (February 21 and 22) and in Paris, France.
  • 1965, May 2O: television appearance, with cartoonist Mort Walker and show host Alan Ludden, in the game-show "Password" broadcasted on the CBS network. (see below: "External Links")
  • 1966 (undated): visit in Paris for the exhibition of Mandrake/Phantom which took place from 3 to 15 June.
  • 1966 (undated): publishing of “Eris”, a drama in one act firstly staged at the “Théâtre La Bruyère” in Paris the same year and then by American Theatre Company in 1970.
  • 1967, January 12: guest at Pierre Berton's CTV show (Canada).
  • 1967 (Spring): visit in Paris (France) for the exhibit about comics "Bande dessinée et figuration narrative".
  • 1967 (undated): publishing of "Home at Six", a one act comedy.
  • 1968, April 22: dinner and show of the society's Reuben Awards held in the Plaza Hotel, New York. Lee Falk is the dinner chairman and co-producer of the show.
  • 1968, July 4-7: present at the International Convention of Comic Book Art held at the "Statler Hotel", 33rd Street, New York .
  • 1969, April 2: receives the "NCS Service Award" for his outstanding contributions to the National Cartoonists Society.
  • 196? (undated): publishing of "The Flatlands", a play.
  • 1969, April 21: Reuben Awards dinner dance and show at Hotel Plaza (New York), a spoof-in Space titled "Rocket to Me" produced and directed by Lee Falk. The cast include Bob Dunn, Allan Jaffee, Howie Schneider, Irwin Hasen, Roy Doty, Mell Lazarus and Jerry Robinson.

1970-1979

  • 1970 (November 20 to 22): visit in Rio de Janeiro before leaving for Sào Paulo (arrival November 23), Brazil.
  • 1970 (November 25): speech at the "Congresso Internacional de Histórias em Quadrinhos" held in Sào Paulo (Art Museum), Brazil.
  • 1970 (in the last days of November): visit in Brasília, Brazil.
  • 1970 (December): visit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • 1971 arriving in Rome (Italy) on October 16, 1971 / participate at the 7th Lucca Comics Conference and wins “The Yellow Kid Award”.
  • 1971 (undated): Lee receives “The Roman Lifetime Achievement Award” by The Italian Minister of Culture.
  • 1971 (November): visit[33] in England.
  • 1972 (undated): acting of Lee for short appearance in the cast of the French film “L'An 01 (1973 Movie)” (part filmed in New York by Alain Resnais)
  • 1972 to 1975: writes five Phantom novels for the Avon Publications ("The Ghost Who Walks", "The Mysterious Ambassador", "Killer's Town", "The Vampires and the Witch" and "The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull").
  • 1972, September 19: visit in Stockholm (Sweden).
  • 1972, October 7: present in Paris for local Comics Convention, before leaving for London.
  • 1973, May 17: death of Lee's mother Eleanor.
  • 1973 (undated): writing of "Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress” a musical, staged for the first time at the Lenox Arts Center at Wheatleigh.
  • 1975 (December): publishing in Playboy magazine of "Time is Money", a short story later said as base of the 2011 film “Time In” even if Lee Falk was not credited for it.
  • 1976, December 31: marriage with Elizabeth Moxley.
  • 1977 (September): visit in Oslo (Norway).
  • 1977, September 9: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin (The Swedish Academy of Comic Art) with the Adamsonstatyetten (Adamson Award) at a press conference (Serieakademin and Bulls Press) in Stockholm (Sweden).
  • 1978 (April): journey to China with his wife Elizabeth. On April 13, interview at the "Mandarin Hotel", in Honk Kong, for the newspaper "South China Mor‌ning Post".

1980-1989

  • 1980 (March/April): visit in Singapore (4 days), before going in Bombay (India) + Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bali.
  • 1983 (undated): visit in Copenhagen (Denmark).
  • 1984, June 28: main guest of a New York City luncheon organized by KFS for marking the 50th anniversary of the "Mandrake the Magician" comic (with the presence of cartoonists Bob Dunn and Milton Caniff).
  • 1984, August: visit in Stockholm (Sweden).
  • 1984 (undated / Autumn): visit in Italy. Invited at the 16th Italian Comics Conference in Lucca, receives a Yellow Kid Award in tribute for “A Life in Comics World”.
  • 1985, May 22: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin (The Swedish Academy of Comic Art) with a diploma at Ramlösa Brunnshotell in Helsingborg (Sweden).
  • 1986 (undated): visits the recently opened "Fantomenland" in Eskilstuna (Sweden).
  • 1986, August 23: awarded by Svenska Serieakademin (The Swedish Academy of Comic Art) with Guld-Adamson (The Golden Adamson) at Bok-och biblioteksmässans bankett in Göteborg (Sweden).
  • 1986, November 10: awarded by The National Cartoonist Society with the "Silver T-Square" at a special dinner at Players Club (New York, USA).
  • 1988, March: visit in Australia (Sydney) to discuss plans for future "Phantom" film.
  • 1989 (undated): wins the “Inkpot Award” at the San Diego International Comic Conference.
  • 1989, November: visit in Spain and awarded by "Haxtur Award" at the "VI Salón Internacional del Cómic / Ciudad de Oviedo".

1990-1999

  • 1990 (undated): visit of the Book Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden before to visit the Liseberg Amusement Park.
  • 1990 (May): participation with Elizabeth Falk to the "Reuben Awards" (annual "National Cartoonists Society" event ) aboard the cruise ship "M.S.Sunward II" sailing from Miami to the Bahamas.
  • 1990 (May): visit in Spain. Invited at the "8th Barcelona International Comic Fair" (speech on May 19).
  • 1991, April 12: surprise pre-80th birthday party, organized by King Features Syndicate, at The Players Club in New York City in the presence of Lee, Elizabeth Falk, cartoonist Jules Pfeiffer and Senator Alan MacGregor Cranston.
  • 1992 (undated): birth of Gwendolyn, Lee's great granddaughter to Marie Louise.
  • 1994,February 11–13: invited at Convention "The New York Comic Book Spectacular" held in New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
  • 1994, May 21: Lee Falk Day in his hometown St. Louis, with appearance at the Kansas City ComicCon the next day. On this latter occasion, Lee Falk was a guest speaker and was awarded for his contributions to the comic community.
  • 1996 (January): invited in Australia on the set of “The Phantom” movie ((on the Queenland's Gold Coast for the final filming of the movie).
  • 1996, June 4: at the Phantom movie Premiere, Lee received a letter from President Bill Clinton, congratulating him with his achievements.
  • 1996, October 28: present at the European Premiere of the Phantom film in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1999 (Spring): writes his final Mandrake and Phantom stories from his hospital bed with the help of his wife Elizabeth.
  • 1999, March 13: death of heart failure in New Yok City. Interment in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills Cemetery.

Just some views... (more to see on the "Spotlight on" pages concerning Lee Falk)

  • Lee Falk in 1932

  • 1935 Wedding photo (Lee Fand and his wife Louise Falk)

  • At the "Christmas Party for Orphans" 1940 event

  • With comics creators, "I Am An American" Day ("The Montana Standard" May 20, 1941)

  • 1949 Photo (Lee Fand and his second wife Constance Falk)

  • With actress Barbara Brittonr, in front of "The Boston Summer Theatre" (1954)

  • New-York 1964 (photo taken by French Movie Director Alain Resnais

  • 1969 "National Cartoonists Society Service Award"

  • At the November 10, 1986 "National Cartoonist Society" Dinner

  • "Provincetown Banner" article / March 18, 1999

  • Newspaper "The Independent" / March 19, 1999.

Note

  1. ↑ Exochorda was one of four sister ships (Exeter, Excambion, Exochordia and Excalibur) sailing fortnightly from New York and calling at Gibraltar, Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, Jaffa, Beirut, Haifa, Alexandria, Piraeus, Naples, Leghorn, Genoa, Marseilles, Boston and New York. With the Yankee Cruise one could take a round trip of 44 days, or parts of the voyage. Lee boarded the Exochorda in Alexandria on October the 5th and Louise in Genoa 7 days later.
  2. ↑ Working in Washington D.C., not at a local Illinois radio station.
  3. ↑ presumably this is Florence Pride Paxton (1920-1990).

References

  1. ↑ "Local", The Jewish Voice (St. Louis, Missouri), 5 May 1911, p 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, Acting Under H. Res. 21, ..., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, 390
  3. ↑ St Louis Post Dispatch (St Louis, Missouri) 23 December 1913
  4. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, St. Louis City, Missouri
  5. ↑ The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 10 August 1917, p 15
  6. ↑ "Trio of St. Louis Boys Awarded Free Ranger Bicycles", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), 28 June 1921, p 26
  7. ↑ "Father and Sons Night - Temple Israel Brootherhood" The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 22 April 1926, p 51
  8. ↑ The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 14 May 1926, p 17
  9. ↑ The Illio, Yearbook 1932. Univerity of Illinois, p 70, 551, 585
  10. ↑ "Instruction", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 9 Oct 1932, p 41
  11. ↑ "Jobbless Shoemaker Writes an Opera About Pirates", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 23 April 1933, p 14
  12. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 5 April 1934, p 14
  13. ↑ Library of Congress Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 4 - Works of Art, Etc. New Series, 1934, 66
  14. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 8 Aug 1935, p 12
  15. ↑ St Louis Post Dispatch (St Louis) 4 October 1935
  16. ↑ Variety #120 page 125, 6 November 1935
  17. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 10 Sep 1936, p 15
  18. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 10 Jun 1937, p 13
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
  20. ↑ Brown, Robert U, "Comic Artists Appearing On Radio Program", Editor and Publisher 11 December 1937, p 28
  21. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 12 May 1938, p 15
  22. ↑ Frisby, Hedda, "Just a Moment Please!", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 16 Mar 1939, p 3
  23. ↑ "125,000 Tickets To Fair Sold By N.Y. Daily", Editor and Publisher 16 September 1939, p 20
  24. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 14 Dec 1939, p 17
  25. ↑ "Social News", The Modern View (St. Louis, Missouri) 23 Dec 1940, p 17
  26. ↑ "Personals and Notes", Editor and Publisher 25 January 1941, p 29
  27. ↑ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
  28. ↑ "Falk-Lilienthal Nuptials Read on Tuesday", The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 3 August 1946, tree
  29. ↑ Adams, Marjory Talented Newcomers in Boston Summer Theatre's Musical Alice" The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 01 Jul 1951, p 52
  30. ↑ Adams, Marjory Falk Calls His Summer Theatres "Most beatiful in the East" The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 22 Jun 1952, p 97
  31. ↑ Adams, Marjory Summer Audience Now Demand Musicals or Drama, Says Falk The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 27 Jun 1954, p 70
  32. ↑ "To Adress Rotary Clubs", Santa Ynez Valley News (Solvang, California), 30 April 1964, p 9
  33. ↑ Atkin, Percy, "The man who can out-draw the Phantom", Birmingham Evening Mail (Birmingham, West Midlands, England), 22 November 1971, p 11

External links

[1], "Password" tv show 1965-05-20 (You Tube)

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