Francis E. Dec

Francis Edward Dec
Francis E. Dec in high school, 1944
Born(1926-01-06)January 6, 1926
DiedJanuary 21, 1996(1996-01-21) (aged 70)
Resting placeCalvary Cemetery, Queens, New York
OccupationLegal research, Outsider writer
NationalityAmerican
ParentsJan "John" F. Dec (1893–1971)
Rozalia "Rose" Mary Dec (née Jaromek, 1895–1967)
RelativesJoseph I. Dec (1921–2010)

Francis Edward Dec (January 6, 1926 – January 21, 1996) was a Polish-American lawyer best known for typewritten diatribes that he independently mailed and published from the late 1960s until his death. His works are characterized by conspiracy theories and highly accusatory and vulgar attacks, often making use of conglomerate phrases like "Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God" to slander people, groups, or companies that he believed were engaging in electronic harassment against him, and gained a cult following from the mid-1980s onward due to his incoherence. He has additionally been described as an outsider writer in the field of outsider literature.