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Charles Addams
Age: 76 (passed away Sep. 29th, 1988)
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Birth Place: Westfield, New Jersey, USA
Born: Jan. 7th, 1912
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BIOGRAPHY: Charles Samuel Addams, or Chill as his friends called him, was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey. Records show at the time of his birth the Addams' lived on Summit Avenue. They moved several times before taking up permanent residence in 1920 on Elm Street and stayed there until 1947. He attended public school in Westfield and was fond of visiting the Presbyterian cemetery on Mountain Avenue. When he was a youngster, he was caught by the police for breaking into a house on Dudley Avenue. On the second floor of the garage behind the main house there is a chalk drawing of a skeleton that is believed to have been drawn by Charles Addams. That house on Dudley and one on Elm Street is said to be the inspiration for the famous Addams Family house.
At Westfield High School, Charles became the art editor for the Weather Vane and drew many cartoons. He graduated in 1929 and attended Colgate University for one year. He switched to the University of Pennsylvania and then studied at Grand Central School of Art in New York City. His dream was to work for the New Yorker Magazine and started submitting cartoons as early as 1935, his very first one had the caption "I forgot my Skates." In 1940, he submitted "Downhill Skier," and that got him an offer to come on board full time for New York's premier literary magazine. He continued there until his death in 1988, drawing over 1,300 cartoons.
TRIVIA:
- Enjoyed the works of novelist John O'Hara.
- Member of Theta Chi Fraternity (Iota Chapter, Colgate University)
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 8-10. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Died behind the wheel of his Audi 4000 outside his Manhattan apartment, after suffering a fatal heart attack.
- Discussed the idea of the Addams Family TV show with producer David Levy in the lobby of the Palace Hotel in New York.
- Named after two members of the famous political Adams family. John Adams's cousin was brewer Samuel Adams. John Quincy Adams's son was named Charles Francis Adams.
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