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- Courtney Ryley Cooper was born on October 31, 1886 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Courtney Ryley was a writer, known for Weary River (1929), The Fast Express (1924) and The Trail of the Tiger (1927). Courtney Ryley was married to Genevieve R. Furey. Courtney Ryley died on September 29, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseGenevieve R. Furey(? - 1940) (his death)
- Exhaustion from overwork and depression over his failure to convince the FBI to investigate evidence of a Nazi fifth column movement he believed he uncovered in Mexico, are thought to have led to his suicide. An unsigned note found on a dresser in his hotel room said, "In my clothes is $43 in cash. I think my bill is about $32. Give the hotel $32".
- An avid circus fan, he wrote over 500 stories on circus life, many about "Old Mom", a wise old circus elephant. His enthusiasm for circuses earned him the title "Circus Fan No. 1".
- As a boy he ran away from home to become a circus clown. Later he worked as a circus press agent and for awhile press agent for Buffalo Bill Cody's (aka Buffalo Bill) Wild West Show.
- As a newspaperman he worked on the Kansas City Star, the New York World, the Chicago Tribune and the Denver Post.
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