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Jimmy Laughlin

Jimmy Laughlin is recorded in 1 distinct story.

Ben’s fellow Running Man contestant, about twenty-five, with an arm withered by polio. He formerly worked for General Atomics, lives on Dock Street, and has a wife with severe asthma. The televised report later describes his death in Topeka.

Also recorded as Laughlin, Mr. Laughlin.

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The Running Man

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Before his name is supplied in the next section, the same sour-voiced fellow waiting with Ben is described as about twenty-five with a withered arm.

The Running Man ↗By Stephen King · writing as Richard Bachman
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The program reports Laughlin found in Topeka; the ensuing passage shows his dead body and the children who reported him.

The Running Man ↗By Stephen King · writing as Richard Bachman