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Clifford Michael Irving (November 5, 1930 – December 19, 2017) was an American novelist and investigative reporter. Although he published 20 novels, he is best known for an " autobiography " allegedly written as told to Irving by billionaire recluse Howard Hughes .
Richard Suskind (May 2, 1925 – September 14, 1999) was a children's author who participated with author Clifford Irving in creating a fraudulent autobiography of the reclusive entrepreneur Howard Hughes. Suskind was incarcerated for five months of a six-month prison sentence for his role in collaborating with Irving on the hoax.
Irving observed, "The movie misses the point that the Howard Hughes hoax was a live-action adventure story concocted by two middle-aged hippie expat writers and a Swiss heiress. Edith, my then-wife, a woman of great zest, is portrayed as a dull hausfrau, and Nina van Pallandt , my Danish mistress, as barely one level above a New York hotel hooker.
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October 30 – Timothy Findley, Canadian author (died 2002) [64] November 1 – A. R. Gurney, American dramatist (died 2017) November 5. Clifford Irving, American literary forger (died 2017) [65] Hans Mommsen, German historian (died 2015) [66] November 12 – Irma Chilton, Welsh children's writer in Welsh and English (died 1990) [67]
Eli Wallach played Dietrich in the 2006 movie The Hoax, about author Clifford Irving's faked Howard Hughes autobiography. John C. Reilly played Dietrich against Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes within the 2004 movie The Aviator. A criticism of this adaptation was that it downplayed the role Dietrich played in helping Hughes amass his fortune.
When the Chicago Bears lost on Oct. 1, the talk wasn't about Matt Eberflus being head coach in 2024. It was if he'd last until Halloween. The Bears are proud of the fact that they've never fired a ...
Clifford Irving (1930–2017), American author who created a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes Dan Irving (1854–1924), British politician, Labour MP David Irving (born 1938), British writer, best known for his denial of the Holocaust