Teo Davis | |
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 Teo Davis and Ernest Hemingway at La Cónsula, 1959 | |
| Born | Timothy Logan Bakewell Davis April 18, 1951 Paris, France |
| Died | March 1, 2016 (aged 64) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | West Downs School Eton College (1970) |
| Period | 1973–2016 |
| Spouse | Diana Radway |
| Children | 0 |
Timothy Logan Bakewell Davis (born April 18, 1951) was an American writer who worked in Hollywood from the mid-1970s to his death. [1]
The elder of two children, Teo Davis was born in Paris. His father, William Nathan Davis, was “a wealthy patron of the arts from Indianapolis and a graduate of Yale". [2] His mother, Anne Bakewell Davis of Baltimore, was a distant descendant of John James Audubon, the French-born ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. [3]
Davis grew up in Málaga, Spain in his family villa, La Cónsula. [4]
During the summer of 1959, eight-year-old Davis befriended author and Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, who was staying at his home. The story of their friendship was told in the book Looking for Hemingway; Spain, The Bullfights and a Final Rite of Passage. [5]
When he was thirteen, Davis left Spain to attend West Downs School in Winchester, Hampshire, and then Eton College in Windsor, England, from which he graduated in 1970. [6] Davis then headed to America after failing to gain acceptance into the University of Oxford. [7]
In 1973, at the age of 21, Davis arrived in Texas, becoming a reporter for the state's largest newspaper, the Houston Chronicle. Although Davis had no reporting experience nor could he even type, he had an important Texas connection who arranged the job; Barefoot Sanders, former counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson. [8]
Teo Davis married Diana Radway in 1980 in Chelsea, London, [9] and their engagement was announced in The New York Times. However, they divorced in 1981. [10]
Davis's worsening addiction to cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and other drugs became apparent to his friends in the mid-1980s; he was arrested several times for possession, and eventually died March 1, 2016 due complications with diabetes and heart failure caused by his struggles with substance abuse. [11]
Davis' longtime friend, Tracy Tynan, wrote: "Throughout his life he struggled with substance abuse, but for the last two years he had been sober. Sadly, his addictions had left him with a myriad of health problems and on March 1, his heart gave out. He was a funny, smart, infuriating, unique guy. He will be greatly missed." [12]
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