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Marion Meade, who helped revive interest in Dorothy Parker, the celebrated writer and sardonic wit of the Algonquin Round Table, with her 1988 biography, died Dec. 29 at her home in Manhattan. She was 88.
Her books also included biographies of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the suffragist leader Victoria Woodhull, as well as Buster Keaton and Woody Allen.
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The writer and critic's troubles later in life provided more grist for her witty word mill.