One little-publicized fact about the author of Deliverance is that on the set of the movie, he kept begging to be the stand-in for Ned Beatty.
James Lafayette Dickey was never played in a game.
He said he was born in 1939, but census records (and his daughter) say he was born in 1933. So your beloved comedian was a liar.
(d) May 15th, 2020