Outdoors humour columnist Patrick F. McManus dies at 84
BOISE, Idaho – Patrick F. McManus, a prolific writer best known for his humour columns in fishing and hunting magazines who also wrote mystery novels and one-man comedy plays, has died. He was 84.
McManus’ business partner Tim Behrens said Friday that McManus died Wednesday evening at a nursing facility in Spokane, Washington, where he had been in declining health. Behrens performed the one-man plays.
McManus was Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on Aug. 25, 1933.
He wrote monthly humour columns for more than three decades for the popular magazines Field & Stream and Outdoor Life.
He also wrote a series of mystery novels with a darker form of humour than his outdoor writing.
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