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'Curious George' Collaborator Met Killers Through Gay Sex Directory

by Fidel Ortega, 365Gay.com Miami Bureau

February 9, 2006 - 9:00 pm ET

(Boynton Beach, Florida) A day before "Curious George, The Movie" makes its big screen debut two men have been charged with killing the collaborator of the books and TV series about the mischievous monkey.

The body of Alan Shalleck was found earlier this week covered with garbage bags on the driveway of his mobile home in a Boynton Beach trailer park.

The 76 year old had been stabbed to death, his home ransacked and jewelry and credit cars were missing. It was also discovered that money had been taken from Shalleck's savings account.

Tracing his final hours police determined he met his killers through a gay sex listing service. Using Shalleck's phone records investigators were led to two Broward County men.

Rex Spears Ditto, 29, and Vincent Puglisi, 54, were jailed after turning themselves in. They are charged with first degree murder, armed home invasion, aggravated battery of a person 65 or older and dealing in stolen property.

Shalleck was the writer and director of more than 100 short episodes of Curious George, which aired on the Disney Channel, and co-wrote more than two dozen Curious George books with Margret Rey, who created the character with her husband, H.A. Rey, in 1939.

Despite the success of the books and TV series Shalleck never became famous or rich out of "Curious George".

He lived on his Social Security checks and made ends meet doing odd jobs.

©365Gay.com 2006

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