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Joseph DiMona

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Joseph DiMona


Born
in Haddonfield, New Jersey, The United States
October 29, 1923

Died
November 06, 1999

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Born in Haddonfield, N.J., Mr. DiMona attended Duke University, where he wrote for campus publications and became the head cheerleader, earning the nickname Jumping Joe. He interrupted his education to enlist in the Navy in 1942, seeing action on Okinawa and throughout the Pacific.

After the war, he returned to Duke to graduate and received a law degree at George Washington University Law School. While there he worked as a radio announcer for the Washington Senators and Washington Redskins and as a copy boy at The Washington Post. He passed the bar but never practiced law, preferring to write.

He collaborated with H.R. Haldeman on his 1978 memoir "The Ends of Power" and wrote numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. He passed away at the a
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Great Court-Martial Cases

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70 Sutton Place

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“They don’t realize that burlesque for centuries has been a legitimate branch of show business. I’ll admit it’s the lowest branch, but that’s the limb nearest the people.”
Joseph DiMona, This Was Burlesque

“a touring burlesque show was still advertising for chorus girls, and specifying that no girl under 150 pounds need apply.”
Joseph DiMona, This Was Burlesque