Austin Gary (born Gary Austin Heyde, March 7, 1947, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States) is an American novelist, mostly known as a BMI award-winning songwriter for "The Car" by Jeff Carson (as Gary Heyde) and recordings by other country performers like Tammy Wynette and John Berry, and as associate producer of albums by Carson, Berry and Hank Williams, Jr.'s Hog Wild album. A Documentarian, his Martin Luther King Jr. documentary, "They Killed Martin: 3 Lives Forever Changed" is available on YouTube. Also a storyteller, he has appeared on Seattle Public radio station KUOW with personal stories about Thornton Wilder and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and A Guide To Visitors—The Best Of Stories On Stage. He is also a noted high school teacher (Haubstadt (IN); Franklin, TN; Middle College, TN; John Overton (TN) and Big Picture (WA), intuitive numerologist yourlifereading.com ) and a former advertising creative director, radio/television jingle composer, and newspaper editor. He is a member of PEN Canada.
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7 March 1947 (age 78) St. Joseph, Missouri
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