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Jan 14, 2017 william peter blatty was a senior at georgetown university in 1949 when he heard the extraordinary story that, more than two decades later, would change his life and scare the devil out of. After the success of the exorcist, blatty reworked twinkle, twinkle, killer kane. Born and raised in new york city, blatty received his bachelors degree in english from the georgetown university in. He also wrote and directed the sequel the exorcist iii. Born and raised in new york city, blatty received his bachelors degree in english from the georgetown university in 1950, and his masters degree in english literature from the george washington university in 19. William peter blatty dead aged 89 as tributes pour in for. Jan, 2017 arts entertainment books exorcist author william peter blatty dead at 89 inspired by an incident in a washington suburb that blatty had read about while in college, the exorcist was published in.
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