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Robert Harrison

AKA Max Harrison

Born: 14-Apr-1904
Died: 17-Feb-1978
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Publisher

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Publisher of tabloid Confidential

Father: Benjamin (coppersmith, d. 1933)
Mother: Paula

    High School: Stuyvesant High School, New York City, NY
    University: Columbia University (night courses)

    Confidential Publisher (1952-58)
    Hollywood Research, Inc.
    Quigley Publishing Company (1935-41)
    The New York Evening Mirror Newsboy
    Shot: Accidental Dominican Republic (4-Sep-1956), wounded in the left shoulder with a shotgun by Richard Weldy
    Conspiracy indicted (15-May-1957), hung jury (1-Oct-1957), charge dropped
    Libel indicted (15-May-1957), hung jury (1-Oct-1957), charge dropped
    Obscenity Indecency, settled (1957)
    Lithuanian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry






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