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Clifford Irving
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American author and convicted fraudster (1930-2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 Nov 1930
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Spur
- The 38th floor
- Biografia de Howard Hughes :Novela-Ficcion
- Bth Untitled Novel
- Clifford Irving's The global village idiot
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) was an American author of novels and works of nonfiction, but best known for using forged handwritten letters to convince his publisher into accepting a fake "autobiography" of reclusive businessman Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, Irving confessed the hoax and was subsequently sentenced to…
Known for
- Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory — Self2008
- Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery — Self1997
- F for Fake — Self1973
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 105
- Total plays
- 511
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Irving
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Sarasota
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- prose
- Official website
- cliffordirving.com
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-11-05
- date of death
- 2017-12-19
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- significant person
- Elmyr de Hory
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