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Damon Runyon (1880–1946) wrote about a huge cast of characters in his short stories set in and around Broadway in New York. The big-city low-lifers he depicted ranged from two-bit gangsters to showgirls, and Runyon was clearly writing from personal experience as many of the characters could be identified with real-life people. Runyon was cremated when he died and, according to his instructions, his ashes were scattered from an aircraft down on to Broadway.