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- Birth nameThomas Wakefield Blackburn
- Nickname
- Thomas Blackburn
- Thomas W. Blackburn was born on June 23, 1913 in Raton, New Mexico, USA. He was a writer and composer, known for Back to the Future (1985), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and Killer at Large (1947). He died on August 2, 1992 in Garfield, Colorado, USA.
- Prolific writer of western novels and screenplays who was also noted as composer of the lyrics for" The Ballad of Davy Crockett".
- [on the ten-million-seller tune "Ballad of Davy Crockett", for which he wrote the lyrics] I never wrote a song in my life.
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