Clifford Irving

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author human memoirist novelist

Clifford Irving was an American author best known for his infamous 1970s literary hoax involving a fabricated autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes.

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Clifford Michael Irving 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
human ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
child David Irving ⓘ
John Irving ⓘ
surface form: John Edmond Irving

Josh Irving ⓘ
convictedOf conspiracy ⓘ
fraud ⓘ
grand larceny ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-12-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
employer McGraw-Hill ⓘ
familyName Irving ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
givenName Clifford ⓘ
hasEthnicity Jewish ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Clifford Irving self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clifford Michael Irving
nationality American ⓘ
notableEvent fabricated autobiography of Howard Hughes ⓘ
notableFor Howard Hughes autobiography hoax ⓘ
notableWork Fake! The Story of Elmyr de Hory, the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time ⓘ
Final Argument ⓘ
On a Darkling Plain ⓘ
The Hoax ⓘ
Tom Mix and Pancho Villa ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Florida ⓘ
Sarasota, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Sarasota
residence Ibiza, Spain ⓘ
surface form: Ibiza

Sarasota, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Sarasota
sentence prison term of about 2½ years ⓘ
spouse Claire Lydon ⓘ
Edith Sommer ⓘ
Julie Irving ⓘ
Maureen Earl NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf film The Hoax ⓘ
workLocation Ibiza, Spain ⓘ
surface form: Ibiza

Mexico ⓘ

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Irving → hasNotableBearer → Clifford Irving ⓘ
Clifford Irving → name → Clifford Irving self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clifford Michael Irving