Gordon Lachance

Gordon LaChance (aka Gordie), is the main character in Stephen King's novella The Body, the third, fall, part of the 1982 Different Seasons collection.

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Aka - Stephen King - The Body

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In the story, Gordon LaChance is an adult writer who, after hearing of the tragic death of a close friend, is poignantly reminded of a boyhood journey that he and three friends made to find the dead body of a missing boy.

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Gordie as a teenager was the intellectual of his group of friends, wrote imaginative short stories, and aspired to be a writer. His older brother, Denny, had just died a few months ago and Gordie felt invisible and neglected by his grieving parents.

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In the film adaptation of The Body, "Stand By Me," the teenage Gordie Lachance is played by Wil Wheaton and the adult Gordon LaChance is played by Richard Dreyfuss.

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Stand By Me - Wil Wheaton - Richard Dreyfuss

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