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| Born | Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. November 30, 1921 Mobile, Alabama U.S |
| Died | March 29, 1998 (aged 76) Mobile, Alabama U.S |
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Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. (November 30, 1921 – March 29, 1998) was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his years in Paris, he was nicknamed Tum-te-tum. His friend Pat Conroy observed that Walter had lived a "pixilated wonderland of a life."[1] Walter was labeled "Mobile's Renaissance Man" because of his diverse activities in many areas of the arts. Throughout his life, he maintained a connection with Mobile by carrying a shoebox of Alabama red clay around Europe.
- ^ Conroy, Pat with Suzanne Williamson Pollak (2009). The Pat Conroy cookbook : recipes and stories of my life (1st pbk. ed.). New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. p. 155. ISBN 9780385532716.