The characters / Recurring character
George Denbrough
George Denbrough is recorded in 2 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
Bill's six-year-old brother killed at the stormdrain. 11/22/63 explicitly recalls six-year-old George Denbrough losing his arm and life at the Witcham/Jackson drain, matching It.
Also recorded as George Elmer Denbrough, Georgie.
Stories and supporting passages
11/22/63
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
The first of the victims—this was last year, before I came—they found him at the intersection of Witcham and Jackson with his arm ripped clean off. Denbrough was his name, George Denbrough. Poor little tyke.” He gave me a meaningful look. “And he was found right next to one of those sewer drains.
11/22/63 explicitly recalls six-year-old George Denbrough losing his arm and life at the Witcham/Jackson drain, matching It.
It
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
The boy in the yellow slicker was George Denbrough. He was six. His brother, William, known to most of the kids at Derry Elementary School (and even to the teachers, who would never have used the nickname to his face) as Stuttering Bill, was at home, hacking out the last of a nasty case of influenza.
Bill's six-year-old brother killed at the stormdrain.
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Their buckles made a jolly jingling as George Denbrough ran toward his strange death. And the feeling which filled him at that moment was clear and simple love for his brother Bill . . . love and a touch of regret that Bill couldn’t be here to see this and be a part of it.
11/22/63 explicitly recalls six-year-old George Denbrough losing his arm and life at the Witcham/Jackson drain, matching It.