Professor Bob Penney dies aged 87

By Naveen Dec 31, 2022

The poet and professor, who appeared in small parts in In the Heat of the Night, died on December 25 in Huntsville, AL.

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His death was announced on the website of Huntsville's Laughlin Service Funeral Home & Crematory. The cause of death is not known.

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Born in Anniston, AL, Penny grew up in North Carolina before returning to Alabama.

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There he taught poetry and prose at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for 21 years.

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He won a regional award for his own poetry.

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In 1996 he received the Applause Award for Theater from the Alabama School of Fine Arts.

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After a 32-year teaching career, Penny retired to pursue film.

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