Mildred Benson was the writer of the Nancy Drew series. She used a different name and that name was Carolyn Keene.
Mildred Wirt Benson died on May 28, 2002 because of lung canncer. Horrible Horrible Horrible right?
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Carolyn Keene is a pseudonym used by multiple authors for the Nancy Drew mystery series. The original Carolyn Keene, Mildred Wirt Benson, passed away in 2002.
Mildred Fay Jefferson died on October 15, 2010 at the age of 84.
Edward White Benson died on October 11, 1896 at the age of 67.
Renaldo 'Obie' Benson died on July 1, 2005 at the age of 69.
Edward Frederic Benson died on February 29, 1940 at the age of 72.
Wigand Wirt died in 1519.
William Wirt Clayton died in 1885.
William Wirt Henry died in 1900.
William Wirt Watkins died in 1898.
Wirt Dexter Walker died in 1899.