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Dick Tracy’s birthday to be celebrated in Pawnee, Oklahoma

Published: October 1, 2010 by Matthew Price Comment on this article

Bryan Painter of NewsOK reports on the Dick Tracy Birthday Celebration planned for this weekend in Pawnee, Oklahoma.

Painter writes:

It’s been 25 years since Chester Gould died at age 84 in Woodstock, Ill. But recognition of his work continues in Gould’s hometown of Pawnee.

On Saturday, Pawnee will be the site of the Dick Tracy 79th Birthday Celebration including a Dick Tracy Police Parade followed by a Dick Tracy Birthday Parade.

The Pawnee County Historical Society Museum has a section on Gould and Dick Tracy. Gould was born in Pawnee in 1900 and began drawing “Dick Tracy” in 1931. Check out the full story at NewsOK. More information is at wimgo.com.

- Matt Price

Darrell Gambill in the Dick Tracy Headquarters in the Pawnee Historical Museum,

by Matthew Price

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Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern for the Dallas Morning News. He’s...

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