dick halloran

Richard "Dick" Hallorann is the chef of the Overlook Hotel and shares the "shining" ability with Danny. Dick is telepathically called by Danny to the hotel, and is almost killed by Jack with a roque mallet. At the end of the novel, Dick helps Danny and Wendy escape. The character also appears in Stephen King's "IT" as a 19 year old Army mess cook. Hallorann helps establish the Black Spot, a club for black enlisted men, that is burned down in a racially motivated attack in 1930. During that fire, Hallorann uses his "shining" to determine the safest exit from the burning building, while saving many lives in the process, including that of Will Hanlon, Mike Hanlon's father.…more