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  2. Clarence Edward Mulford was the author of Hopalong Cassidy, written in 1904. He wrote it in Fryeburg, Maine, United States, and the many stories and 28 novels were followed by radio, feature film, television, and comic book versions. Clarence was born in Streator, Illinois. He died of complications from surgery in Portland, Maine.

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    • May 10, 1956
    • February 3, 1883
  3. Mulford died in Portland, Maine, on May 10, 1956. He had suffered smoke damage to his lungs in a fire in 1947, died from complications after surgery to repair that damage.

    • February 3, 1883
    • May 10, 1956
  4. His biographer, Francis Nevins, characterized Mulford's writing as "rooted in Victorian convention." [4] Nevins also states that he originated the Western series that has continuous characters, and that, unlike the characters of most later Western series writers, his characters aged. [4] He died of complications from surgery in Portland, Maine ...

  5. Clarence E. Mulford died on May 10, 1956, of complications from surgery in Portland, Maine. Achievements Clarence Edward Mulford was a prolific writer, who wrote many works of fiction and nonfiction and the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy.

  6. Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He was shot in the leg during a gun fight which caused him to walk with a little "hop", hence the nickname.

  7. Clarence E. Mulford, who was residing in Brooklyn at the time and had never been West, was the author. His Cassidy was a tough, tobacco-chewing redhead, who bossed the hands at the Bar -20 Ranch and got his nickname from the fact that a gunshot wound in his leg had left him with a permanent limp.