Alva John Kiehle

1930 - 2009  (79 years)

• Name	Alva John Kiehle
  Nickname	John Alva Keel
  Birth	25 Mar 1930	Hornell, Steuben Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	03 Jul 2009	New York City, New York, USA
  Notes	John Alva Keel, 79, the one individual most tied to the story of Mothman in the mind of the general public, professionally a writer and journalist, died in 2009. Keel, who lived most of his life in New York City, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2009, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, after some months between a nursing home and his Upper West Side apartment. John Keel began writing at a young age. In his 1957 book, Jadoo, Keel told of tracking a Yeti, an Abominable Snowman, in the jungles of Asia. His Strange Creatures from Time and Space (1970) contained his early Fortean cryptozoology thoughts, and then in 1975, Keel's The Mothman Prophecies, appeared. The well-known account of his 1966-1967 investigation of sightings of the Mothman, a 'winged weirdie' reported in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia became a popular title. The making of his book into the Mark Pellington-directed 2002 film, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Alan Bates, and Debra Messing, raised Keel's name to Hollywood celebrity status.
  Person ID	I35453	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2011

  
  

  Father	Harry E. Kiehle,   b. 22 Nov 1907, Burns, Allegany Co., New York, USA d. 1984, New York, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Irene Gibbs,   b. 1906   d. 2001 (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	1929
  Family ID	F12873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Mar 1930 - Hornell, Steuben Co., New York, USA Death - 03 Jul 2009 - New York City, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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