Letters to John Leggett. New York, NY. 1965-1971.

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Letters to John Leggett. New York, NY. 1965-1971.

1) Agreeing to talk to Leggett about Tom Heggen; stating that Heggen died by drowning not suicide. 1965 Feb. 5. TLS. 2) Answering Leggett's questions about Tom Heggen. 1971 Apr. ALS. 3) Continuing to answer more questions and recalling information about Tom Heggen; mentioning his deal with Leland Hayward; relating the events that led to Logan's meeting Tom Heggen the first time; stating Logan's contacts with J.P. McEvoy about Jim Kendrigan. 1971 June 10. TLS.

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Kendrigan, Jim.

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Heggen, Tom, 1919-1949.

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Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971

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Theatrical, motion picture, television producer and agent, Leland Hayward was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska on September 13, 1902. His father, Colonel William Hayward, was a well-known lawyer who would eventually become his son's personal attorney. His parents divorced several years later, both remarrying. Hayward studied at Princeton University, but dropped out after his first year. Following a brief career as a journalist in New York, his interests led him to show bu...

Logan, Joshua Lockwood.

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Leggett, John, 1917-....

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John Leggett was born November 11, 1917, in New York, N.Y. to Bleecker Noel and Dorothy (Mahar) Leggett. Leggett attended Andover, received an A.B. from Yale University in 1942, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945. He married Mary Lee Fahnestock in 1948, with whom he had three children. They divorced in 1986, and Leggett married Edwina Bennington of San Francisco. Leggett was an editor and publicity director for Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston from ...

McEvoy, J. P. (Joseph Patrick), 1895-1958

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J.P. McEvoy (1895-1958) was a "Reader's Digest" roving editor for twenty years. He was a columnist for both the "Chicago Herald Tribune" and the "New York American". He was also a novelist (12 books), short story writer, playwright (10 broadway plays including 3 Ziegfield Follies), critic, cartoonist (responsible for the "Dixie Dugan" comic strip), poet, and author of radio, television, and movie scripts. Margaret (Santry) McEvoy was J.P. McEvoy's third wife. She was a N...