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cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>William Peter Blatty</b></font><p><img src="blatty.jpg" height=188 width=188 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="William Peter Blatty"><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/524/000106206/" class=proflink>7-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/927/000105612/" class=proflink>1928</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/592/000069385/" class=proflink>Manhattan, NY</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/895/000106577/" class=proflink>12-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/858/000402649/" class=proflink>2017</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/423/000069216/" class=proflink>Bethesda, MD</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/033/000270220/" class=proflink>Multiple myeloma</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Author, <a href="/lists/166/000068959/" class=proflink>Film Director</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Exorcist</i><p><b>Military service:</b> USAF (1951-54)<p><b>Father:</b> Peter Blatty<br><b>Mother:</b> Mary Mouakad<br><b>Wife:</b> Julie Alicia Witbrodt (m. 1983, until his death, three sons, three daughters)<br><p> High School: Brooklyn Preparatory School, Brooklyn, NY (1946)<br> University: <a href="/edu/533/000068329/">BA, Georgetown University (1950)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/532/000068328/">George Washington University</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/263/000110930/">Seattle University</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/224/000112885/">US Information Agency</a> 1955-57<br> <a href="/org/230/000168723/">Santorum 2006</a> <br> <a href="/lists/182/000049035/">Lebanese Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/120/000038006/">The Exorcist III (17-Aug-1990)</a> <br> <a href="/films/466/000064274/">The Ninth Configuration (8-Aug-1980)</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/468/000064276/">No Place to Land (3-Oct-1958)</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Which Way to Mecca, Jack?</i> (<tt>1960</tt>, non-fiction)<br><i>John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!</i> (<tt>1963</tt>, novel)<br><i>Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane</i> (<tt>1966</tt>, novel)<br><i>I, Billy Shakespeare</i> (<tt>1969</tt>, novel)<br><i>The Exorcist</i> (<tt>1971</tt>, novel)<br><i>I'll Tell Them I Remember You</i> (<tt>1973</tt>, biography)<br><i>William Peter Blatty on The exorcist: From Novel to Film</i> (<tt>1974</tt>, memoir)<br><i>The Ninth Configuration</i> (<tt>1978</tt>, novel)<br><i>Legion</i> (<tt>1983</tt>, novel)<br><i>Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing</i> (<tt>1996</tt>, fiction)<br><i>Elsewhere</i> (<tt>2009</tt>, novel)<br><i>Crazy</i> (<tt>2010</tt>, novel)<br><i>Dimiter</i> 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