Ellsworth Wisecarver

Ellsworth Clewer "Sonny" Wisecarver Jr. (15 June 1929 – 22 November 2005), called the Woo Woo Kid, became infamous in 1944 for having affairs with older women. His behavior sparked public scandal, primarily because of his age; at age 14 he ran off with a mother of two ... only to do it again a year later. It was the latter incident that sparked his notoriety; Eleanor Deveny, the woman he fled with the second time, was arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776434-2,00.html Elevations - TIME ] ] . [ [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingItems/GLP/LP9.aspx?search=%22eleanor%20deveny%22&
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As for Sonny, his parents had him declared an incorrigible delinquent. He spent time in the California Youth Authority, a state penal facility for juveniles.

Wisecarver's scandalous affairs were the basis for the 1987 film, "In the Mood", in which Wisecarver makes a cameo appearance as a mailman. Patrick Dempsey played the role of Wisecarver. An interview with Wisecarver also appears on the original VHS of the movie.

Wisecarver spent his final days in a mobile home in Yucaipa, California, in the United States. He died of lung cancer at the age of 76, at a Veterans hospital in Loma Linda, Calif. An Air Force veteran of the Korean War, Wisecarver is buried in Riverside National Cemetery in California.

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* [http://online.ceb.com/calcases/CA2/67CA2d203.htm People v Wisecarver] . Accessed 28 January 2006