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437:, Irving moved back to Ibiza with his third wife, Fay Desch, an English photographic model, and their newborn son, Josh. This marriage ended in divorce. In 1967, Irving married Swiss/German artist Edith Sommer. They had two sons, John Edmond (aka "Nedsky") and Barnaby. He reportedly had a lengthy affair in the 1970s with the Danish actress and singer 601:
Irving characterized the film as a clichéd distortion of the story and "a hoax about a hoax". He described the film's portrayals of Suskind, Edith Irving and himself as "absurd even more than inaccurate". He noted that the film was not true to his account, adding events that had not taken place. As
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Don Carleton, executive director at the Briscoe Center, remarked of Clifford Irving that he was "an important writer who has lived a colorful and controversial life, which has been a major source of inspiration for much of his literary work". He also said that he was "delighted that his papers are
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The Irvings confessed on January 28, 1972. They and Suskind were indicted for "conspiracy to defraud through use of the mails" and pleaded guilty on June 16. Irving spent 17 months in prison. He voluntarily returned the US$ 765,000 advance to his publishers. Edith, a.k.a. "Helga", served prison
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Learning of the planned book, representatives of Hughes' companies expressed doubts about its authenticity. Frank McCulloch, known for years as the last journalist to interview Hughes, had received an angry call from someone claiming to be Hughes, but after he read the Irving manuscript, became
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The McGraw-Hill editors invited Irving to New York, where the publishers drafted contracts among Hughes, Irving, and the company, with Irving and his friends forging Hughes' signatures. McGraw-Hill paid an advance of US$ 100,000, with an additional US$ 400,000 to be paid to Hughes; Irving later
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On January 7, 1972, Hughes arranged a telephone conference with seven journalists whose end of the conversation was televised: in this conference, Hughes claimed that he had never even met Irving, much less corresponded with him. Irving claimed the voice on the phone was an imposter, but it
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announced that they had acquired all of Irving's literary and personal papers. The archive includes material from more than 50 years, from 1954 to 2012. Among the trove is Irving's correspondence with lawyers, publishers, colleagues and friends such as
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Suskind took on the work of research in news archives. Irving started by enlisting the aid of artist and writer friends on Ibiza in order to forge letters in Hughes's own hand, imitating authentic letters they had seen displayed in
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magazine, which had paid to publish excerpts of the book, continued to support Irving. Osborn Associates, a firm of handwriting experts, further declared the writing samples were authentic. While Irving had to submit to a
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and Anonymous Content LLP. Irving was commissioned to write a screenplay for the movie. In 2015, Anonymous Content's option for the book's dramatic rights expired.
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Wallace, Mike (July 2012). "Con Men: Fascinating Profiles of Swindlers and Rogues from the Files of the Most Successful Broadcast in Television History".
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bargained the sum up to US$ 765,000. McGraw-Hill paid by checks made out to "H. R. Hughes", which Irving's Swiss wife Edith deposited to a
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the author of the source book, Irving is credited as a writer for the film, but he had himself removed from credit as technical adviser.
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Irving later married English author Maureen "Moish" Earl. From 1984 to 1998 they lived mainly in the mountain town of
1612: 1134: 991: 422:, he met an Englishwoman, Claire Lydon; they married in 1958 and moved to California. She died the following year at 335: 1830: 1641: 665:, his personal diaries and prison journals, many manuscript drafts, legal documents from lawsuits and from his 1972 2071: 1763:"The Briscoe Center has acquired the papers of controversial author and investigative journalist Clifford Irving" 1846: 598:, opened on April 6, 2007, with a DVD release following on October 16. The majority of reviews were favorable. 1866: 1857: 904: 851: 806: 715: 277:. The fictional work was to have been published in 1972. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, 20: 1358: 2106: 1101: 1068: 1045: 1936: 1880: 1817: 743: 729: 1810: 418:
His first wife was Nina Wilcox. Their marriage was annulled in 1952. Later, on the Spanish island of
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The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer
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In 2012 Irving formatted and placed 12 of his books, including one unpublished novel, for sale on
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as Clifford Irving. He continued to write and published his later books as e-books available via
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Great Forgers and Famous Fakes: The Manuscript Forgers of America and How They Duped the Experts
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Daddy's Girl: The Campbell Murder Case A True Tale of Vengeance, Betrayal, and Texas Justice
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Includes a segment on Irving filmed around the time the Hughes autobiography scandal broke.
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Con Men: Fascinating Profiles of Swindlers and Rogues from the Files of the ...
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Scandals, Scamps, and Scoundrels: The Casebook of an investigative Reporter
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Hughes' lawyer, Chester Davis, immediately filed suit against McGraw-Hill,
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In 1962, after a year spent traveling around the world and living in a
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Fake: The Story of Elmyr de Hory: The Greatest Art Forger of Our Time
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in a movie tie-in edition. The film, directed by Swedish filmmaker
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Hoax: The Inside Story of the Howard Hughes-Clifford Irving Affair
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as Edith. On March 6, 2007, Hyperion reissued Clifford Irving's
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In spring 2012, the movie rights to Irving's nonfiction book,
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Lambiek comic shop and studio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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now available to enrich scholarship here at the university."
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In July 2005, filming began in Puerto Rico and New York on
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cover artist and the creator of the syndicated comic strip
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which she had opened under the name of "Helga R. Hughes".
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Fakes, Forgers & Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps
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subsequently became clear that Irving was the fraud.
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Project Octavio: The Story of the Howard Hughes Hoax
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(November 2007). 646:Briscoe Center for American History 456:Fake autobiography of Howard Hughes 406:(1974), which was inspired by both 366:Irving completed his second novel, 13: 2077:American people convicted of fraud 2052:21st-century American male writers 2032:20th-century American male writers 1784: 1752: 1690: 1640:Oksenhorn, Stewart (May 1, 2007). 1580: 1517: 1216:Kihss, Peter (February 10, 1972). 930:"Lambiek Comiclopedia: Jay Irving" 497:the millionaire's autobiography. 464:had become a recluse. In 1970, in 14: 2138: 2042:21st-century American biographers 2027:20th-century American biographers 1924:Clifford Irving Papers, 1954-2012 1890: 1438:B. 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Index

Clifford Irving (politician)
Irving in 1977
New York City
Sarasota, Florida
Cornell University
autobiography
Howard Hughes
McGraw-Hill
hoax
biopic of the same name
Richard Gere
Kindle
Nook
New York City
Jay Irving
Collier's
High School of Music and Art
Cornell University
copy boy
The New York Times
Putnam
McGraw-Hill
Ibiza
art forger
Elmyr de Hory
Orson Welles
F for Fake
Ibiza
Big Sur
houseboat

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