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died Wednesday, September 14, 2016 after living with Parkinson's for 22 years. Born David Keith Mano in 1942 in New York, he attended Trinity School and later Columbia University, where he received the Kellett Fellowship for outstanding scholarship, by which he went to Clare College at Cambridge, England for a year. He returned to America and co-ran Expando, his grandfather's factory. He wrote nine novels, was on the mast-head of Playboy and The National Review. He thought of himself as a Christian pornographer. In the late 1980s, he wrote for TV--St. Elsewhere, LA Law, and Monsters among others. His greatest achievement--Take Five--is published by Dalkey Press in perpetuity. He received the Literary Lion award from The New York Public Library and a Playboy award for his outstanding writing. He is survived by his second wife of 37 years, actress Laurie Kennedy, and his two children, Roderick and Christopher, and four grandchildren. Contributions can be made to Best Friends Animal Society.
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Niki Clark
September 13, 2020
We remember Keith fondly and miss their stays in Nova Scotia. Granville Ferry is not the same without you, Laurie. May we meet again. We will plant a tree for Keith.
Henry Black
September 12, 2019
We were classmates at Columbia although I only met him at a football game at Baker Field. He had a tailgate before each game and then let the crowd during the game with his famous cry Up for the kickoff . I miss him every Saturday and its sad that he wasnt around to see our two winning seasons in a row.
Stanley Riveles
December 30, 2016
Keith and I were contemporaries at Clare College, Cambridge, UK in 1963. He had received the Kellett from Columbia; I was a Mellon Fellow from Yale. We were vastly different in background, interests, and outlook. But we got along. I boxed, played football and rugby, and studied Russian. I was headed for some sort of journalistic or civil service career. He would have none of it. His interests were literary, cultural, and creative. He was some sort of Christian--I knew that. I was a New Jersey Jew from an immigrant family. I enjoyed his idiosyncrasies and odd obsessions; we shared an interest in women. I never minded that I rarely believed what he said.
I had little interest in his novels--what I had read about them. However, I very much regret we never met up again. I made half-hearted efforts to obtain his contact info but never really followed up. I have no idea whether he would have remembered me. I certainly remembered him.
October 13, 2016
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Jo Dawkins
October 11, 2016
I am so very sorry to hear of his passing. It was always a good time going to Columbia games with he,Chris and each week, a new group of "soon to become"new friends. He always brought a bright energy.
Henry Black
September 20, 2016
Keith was the cleverest of all my dear friends and classmates. I will be "up for the kickoff" in perpetuity in his memory. Deepest condolences to Laurie.
Ian Curry
September 18, 2016
Sorry for your loss,we are thinking of you.
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