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Earl Hamner Jr.
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Hamner based the grandparents in his popular television series
The Waltons (1972)
on his own maternal Italian-American grandparents Ora Lee and A. Gianniny, an Anglicized version of the Italian name Giannini.
He was the last surviving writer to have worked on
The Twilight Zone (1959)
.
Eldest brother of
Bill Hamner
,
Clifton Hamner
,
James Hamner
,
Paul Hamner
,
Audrey Hankins
,
Marion Hawkes
, and
Nancy Jameson
.
Has a collection of 50 bonsai trees.
Son of Earl Henry Hamner, Sr., and
Doris Hamner
.
Father of
Scott Hamner
.
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