![]() ![]() He frequently ran away from home, taking an array of odd jobs-including, by age eighteen, "tuna fisherman off the coast of Galveston, itinerant crop-picker down in New Orleans, hired gun for a wealthy neurotic, nitroglycerine truck driver in North Carolina, short order cook, cab driver, lithographer, book salesman, floorwalker in a department store, door-to-door brush salesman, and as a youngster, an actor in several productions at the Cleveland Play House".Įllison attended Ohio State University for 18 months (1951-53) before being expelled. As a child, he had a brief career performing in minstrel shows. His Jewish-American family subsequently moved to Painesville, Ohio, but returned to Cleveland in 1949, following his father's death. ![]() Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 27, 1934. ![]()
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