Milton R. Bass(1923-2014)
- Writer
Milton Ralph Bass was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1923. A
graduate of the University of Massachusetts, he received his Masters
Degree in Englsh from Smith College. He served as a US Army medic
during World War II, and after the war he became a columnist and
entertainment editor for The Berkshire Eagle newspaper in his hometown
of Pittsfield. He wrote several mystery and western novels, one of
which, "Jory", was turned into a film
(Jory (1973)).