AKA Clifford Michael Irving

Born: 5-Nov-1930
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 19-Dec-2017
Location of death: Sarasota, FL
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Hoaxer, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Howard Hughes autobiography hoax

Spent seventeen months in prison over the Howard Hughes diary hoax, being released in February, 1974.

Father: Jay Irving ("Irving Joel Raefsky")
Mother: Dorothy
Wife: Nina Wilcox (annulled 1953)
Wife: Claire Lydon (English, m. 1958, d. auto accident)
Wife: Fay Brooke (English, div. 1965, one son)
Son: Josh
Wife: Edith Sommer (m. 1967, two sons)
Son: Nedsky
Son: Barney
Wife: Julie Schall (m. 1998, until his death)

    High School: High School of Music and Art, Manhattan, NY (1947)
    University: Cornell University (1951)

    Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity
    Polygraphed
    Mail Fraud pled guilty 13-Mar-1972
    Forgery pled guilty 13-Mar-1972
    Conspiracy pled guilty 13-Mar-1972
    Grand Larceny pled guilty 13-Mar-1972
    Inmate: Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
    Inmate: Allenwood Federal Prison
    Inmate: Danbury Prison
    Risk Factors: Smoking

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