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- Birth nameClair Walter Huffaker Jr.
- Clair Huffaker was born on September 24, 1926 in Magna, Utah, USA. He was a writer, known for The Comancheros (1961), Hellfighters (1968) and Flap (1970). He was married to Geraldine E Wood, Joyce Lou Sin Rainboldt, Winifred Dutton Moore, Irene DeMartini and Norma Lee Fink. He died on April 3, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesGeraldine E Wood(December 3, 1964 - October 7, 1969) (divorced, 1 child)Joyce Lou Sin Rainboldt(June 26, 1959 - November 8, 1963) (divorced)Winifred Dutton Moore(October 11, 1951 - ?) (1 child)Irene DeMartini(June 28, 1946 - ?)Norma Lee Fink(? - April 3, 1990) (his death)
- Huffaker's wife, Norma Lee Fink, was an attorney and the first female prosecutor in Texas. Later, as a private practitioner, her clients, aside from her husband, included Sam Peckinpah, Franco Nero, Henry Farrell, Christopher Lee, Inger Stevens, Norman Baer, Ed Linn, and Slim Pickens.
- Wrote a memoir in his 50s titled "One Time I Saw Morning Come Home" in which he tries to come to grips with the fact that his parents were just teenagers when they had him.
- Daughter is script supervisor Samantha C. Kirkeby, who heads the Clair Huffaker Company.
- Started his own film production company in 1969.
- Attended Princeton and Columbia universities and the Sorbonne in Paris. He worked in Chicago as an assistant editor for Time magazine before turning to writing western fiction.
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