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Collyer brothers

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Collyer brothers
(Homer, 1882–1947) (Langely, 1886–1947) wealthy brothers who lived barren and secluded lives in junk-laden Harlem mansion. [Am. Hist.: Facts (1947) 116; Am. Lit.: My Brother’s Keeper.]


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It's all a far cry from the first version of the game, developed by the Everton-mad Collyer brothers Oliver and Paul, which launched in 1982 for the late, lamented ZX Spectrum computer.
Having its world premiere at Burbank's Colony Theatre, ``Clutter,'' by playwright Mark Saltzman, is a complicated, overly expositional chronicle of the Collyer brothers that is burdened with a plethora of facts and subplots.
Fink: Marcia Davenport wrote a book based on the Collyer brothers called "My Brother's Keeper," in which the story of their reclusive lives and their peculiar habits was beautifully told.
 
 
 
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