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Danton Burroughs, who spent his life marketing and protecting the work of his grandfather, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, died May 1 at his home in Tarzana, the San Fernando Valley community named after his ancestor’s most famous fictional character.
May 15, 2008
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Jan. 16, 2009
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Burroughs obituary: The obituary in Thursday’s California section of Danton Burroughs, who guarded the legacy of his grandfather, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, said that Tarzan of the Apes first appeared as a short story in 1911.
May 16, 2008
Travel & Experiences
The rain forest ecologist, the famously grumpy novelist, the state park executive and the board members of an exclusive private school have never met in the same room.
Dec. 11, 1995
Books
Since it first appeared in 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic adventure-fantasy and its 22 sequels have sold more than 30 million copies in 58 languages.
March 11, 1990
Me Tarzan, You Vogue: The family of Edgar Rice Burroughs has sued Vogue magazine for monkeying around with the late author’s Tarzan and Jane characters in a “sexually suggestive” photographic essay in its April issue.
April 28, 1992
Tarzan is a septuagenarian now, but the fictional, loincloth-clad hero is still doing his vine-swinging act in books, movies, TV shows and comic strips.
April 19, 1990
Home of the first swimming pool of the San Fernando Valley and the estate of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzana enjoys a wealth of history and enthusiasm for its community.
June 1, 1994
He was the antithesis of the writer as artiste.
March 9, 1997
California
The state Senate Transportation Committee’s approval of a resolution calling for seven murals depicting the life of Tarzan on freeway underpass walls in Tarzana (Times, May 7) is a long overdue tribute to one of America’s most widely read and influential writers.
May 24, 1986