Gary DeVore (screenwriter)

Gary DeVore (September 17, 1941 – June 28, 1997) was a Hollywood screenwriter best known for Raw Deal and for his bizarre death in 1997.

Devore began his writing career in the late 1960s on shows like Chuck Barris' The Newlywed Game, The Steve Allen Show, and Tempo.

DeVore married the singer Maria Cole (1969–1978) and the actresses Sandie Newton (1981–1985),Claudia Christian (1988–1992), and Wendy Devore (1996–1997).

DeVore disappeared in June 1997, while driving at night from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Santa Barbara, California, prompting an extensive search and media speculation. A year later, he and his car was discovered submerged below a bridge over the California Aqueduct in Palmdale, California.

A 2014 documentary, The Writer with No Hands, posited that DeVore's death was the result of a US government conspiracy. It also alleges that the hands autopsied with the body were 200 years old and therefore not DeVore's.

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