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John Lawrence O'Toole (born October 18, 1931) was an American, Emmy-nominated TV, film, and radio writer, producer, commentator, and documentarian whose career spanned more than 30 years. He was also a painter and Huffington Post blogger in his later years and was the screenwriter of the 1971 cult-hit film "Who Killed Mary Whats'ername", which starred Sylvia Miles and Red Buttons.

O'Toole was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York to Sarah Kane and John O'Toole, Sr., a fireman. O'Toole attended Queens College and also has a B.F.A. from the Writers’ Workshop (1953), University Of Iowa and an M.F.A. from Columbia University (1957). He served in the Army from 1954 to 1956.

Additionally, John was the CEO of the Washington, D.C. -based production company, Eli Productions, for over 20 years. After he closed his company, he took up painting. His paintings were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria and the Rehoboth Art League in Delaware. He began blogging at the age of 80 and wrote for the Huffington Post and also had his own blog, "Eli's Observations", until his death in 2013.

O'Toole married Ellie Barbo O'Toole in 1963. They had two daughters: Caitlin O'Toole, who is also a writer and blogger, and Sarah O'Toole Perry.

Honors

He was awarded a Writers Fellowship by The National Endowment For the Arts and received numerous other awards. Nominated for an Emmy