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1. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesClifford Irving: Author whose literary hoax fooled America

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   Dec 29, 2017 · Irving penned a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes, the American billionaire and eccentric recluse. It was so good that when Hughes complained, many thought he was the liar Harrison Smith

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2. www.sarasotamagazine.com › arts-and-entertainmentBehind the Fake: An Interview with Author Clifford Irving

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   May 30, 2014 · Author Clifford Irving may be best known as the man who faked an autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, eventually spending 17 months in prison after exposure of that publishing...

3. www.wral.com › story › clifford-irving-author-of-aClifford Irving, Author of a Notorious Literary Hoax ... - WRAL

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   Clifford Irving, who perpetrated one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the 20th century in the early 1970s when he concocted a supposedly authorized autobiography of the billionaire Howard...

4. www.washingtonpost.com › local › obituariesClifford Irving, whose ‘autobiography’ of Howard Hughes ...

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   Dec 21, 2017 · The greatest literary hoax of the 20th century — call it a prank, scandal, ad­ven­ture, criminal conspiracy, or an early piece of “fake news” — fooled lie detectors, handwriting experts,...

5. www.sarasotamagazine.com › arts-and-entertainmentThe Genius and Daring of the Late Clifford Irving | Sarasota ...

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   Mar 28, 2018 · But the duped parties didn’t see it as a joke. Cliff’s adventure was equated with crime, and it sort of ruined his life. There was always a stigma that followed him after that.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2017/12/20 › obituariesClifford Irving, Author of a Notorious Literary Hoax, Dies at 87

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   Dec 20, 2017 · Clifford Irving, who perpetrated one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the 20th century in the early 1970s when he concocted a supposedly authorized autobiography of the billionaire Howard...

7. www.sfgate.com › news › articleClifford Irving, author of fake autobiography of Howard ...

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   Dec 20, 2017 · Irving, the prankster who wrote a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes and fooled a major publisher in 1971 has died at 87.