Editing Jean Shepherd (section)

{{short description|American writer and radio host (1921–1999)}}
{{about|the American writer, raconteur, and radio host|the American country singer|Jean Shepard}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name        = Jean Shepherd
| image       = Jean Shepherd, RIT yearbook 1969 page 45 (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Shepherd circa 1969
| pseudonym   = Shep (nickname)
|birth_name=Jean Parker Shepherd Jr.
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1921|7|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], US
| death_date  = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|1999|10|16|1921|7|26}}}}
| death_place = [[Fort Myers, Florida]], US
| occupation  = Writer, humorist, actor, raconteur, radio host
| yearsactive = 1945–1998
| genre       = Humor, satire
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| spouse      = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Barbara Olive Mattoon<br>|1947|1948|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Joan Laverne Warner<br>|1950|1960|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|[[Lois Nettleton]]<br>|1960|1967|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Leigh Brown<br>|1977|1998|end=died}}
}}
| children    = 2
| website     =
| module      = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes
 |allegiance={{flag|United States}}
 |branch=[[United States Army]]
 |serviceyears=1942–1944
 |rank= [[Technician Fifth Grade]] (T/5)
 |unit= [[United States Army Signal Corps|Signal Corps]]
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}}
'''Jean Parker''' "'''Shep'''" '''Shepherd Jr.''' (July 26,<ref>Bergmann, Eugene B. (2005) ''Excelsior You Fathead! The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd''. Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. ISBN 978-1-55783-600-7. pages 10, 23, 442n. v.</ref> 1921 – October 16, 1999)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramirez |first=Anthony |date=1999-10-18 |title=Jean Shepherd, a Raconteur And a Wit of Radio, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/18/nyregion/jean-shepherd-a-raconteur-and-a-wit-of-radio-is-dead.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |issn=0362-4331 |quote=His date of birth has been given variously as either July 21 or July 26, in years ranging from 1921 to 1929.}} However, several years after his death, Shepherd's hometown newspaper explained that the correct date of his birth was July 26, 1921. Kiesling, Mark (December 24, 2006). "A Christmas Story. Classic holiday movie has Hammond roots". ''The Times''. Hammond, Indiana.</ref> was an American [[storytelling|storyteller]], [[humorist]], radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film ''[[A Christmas Story]]'' (1983), which he [[Narration|narrated]] and co-[[Script (recorded media)|script]]ed on the basis of his own semi-autobiographical stories.<ref name="Hammond"/>