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There's a bittersweet backstory to the origin of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the improbable creation of Ian Fleming, better known for the sexy, violent spy capers of James Bond.
Ziegfeld Theater: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang There's a bittersweet backstory to the origin of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , the improbable creation of Ian Fleming, better known for the sexy, violent spy capers of James Bond. In 1961, in the wake of a difficult legal case, Fleming suffered a massive heart attack.
While convalescing, he began writing a version of a story he had created for his son, Caspar, as a bedtime story. And while Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was ultimately published in 1964 as an illustrated novel, Fleming didn't live to see that publication, as he suffered another, fatal heart attack…
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