Eric Berne Cyprian St. Cyr ("Cyprian Sincere") in whimsical articles in the "Transactional Analysis Bulletin". Berne was married three times. His first wife was Elinor McRae. They married in 1942, had two children, and divorced acrimoniously in 1945. In 1949 he married Dorothy DeMass Way, with whom he also had two children before their divorce in 1964. After his popular success, Eric married a third time, to Torre Peterson in 1967. The couple took up residence in Carmel, California, where he wrote, but he continued some clinical work in San Francisco. This marriage also ended in divorce, in early 1970. Berne died
Eric Gurney Eric Gurney Eric Gurney (1910–1992) was a Canadian-American cartoonist and illustrator. He immigrated to the USA in 1938 to work with Walt Disney Productions, where he was a story writer and a collaborator on several Disney films. Turning freelance in 1948, he did cartoon illustrations for magazines and advertising campaigns. Gurney is well known for his humorous illustrations in books for children and adults. He received the National Cartoonists Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1961 and 1971 for his work. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Eric Gurney grew up in Toronto, where he began a career as a commercial artist.