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...DIED. PETER MAAS, 72, writer who chronicled the lives of Mafia insiders; in New York City. He collaborated with such high-profile Mob informants as Joseph Valachi (The Valachi Papers, 1969), confidant to Vito Genovese, and Sammy (The Bull) Gravano (Underboss, 1997), whose testimony helped undo John Gotti. In between, Maas wrote the best-selling Serpico, about a steadfast New York City cop who exposed graft in the police ranks...
...told to Peter Hawthorne/Cape Town
...Manser put on his brother Peter's wedding suit, found a briefcase and had his hair cut again. This time, he managed to make it into Kuching without being stopped and, on March 29, 1999, he flew over the city carrying a symbolic lamb he had knitted as a peace offering to the Chief Minister. (His original plan to bring a live lamb from Switzerland was aborted when Singapore Airlines refused to give the animal passage. There were also objections from animal rights activists among his friends...
...ABBEY Benedictine brothers' book of prayers is a best-seller. New business plans: hair shirt swimsuit and B. Bros' Hip Hop Hymns Losers TONY RODHAM Hillary Clinton's brother is caught having sex with another man's girlfriend and beaten up. That right-wing conspiracy just won't die PETER BART The editor of Variety is suspended for boffo business deals on the side. Americans are shocked to find ethical lapses in Hollywood STEVE BRACKS Australian politician wants to ban bongs in Victoria state. Might disrupt the Benedictines' plan to bottle imported bong "holy water...
...inspired him to become one of the first Americans to study psychedelic drugs in the 1950s and early '60s; in Torrance, California. To examine the link between LSD and creativity he tested the drug on 1,000 volunteers, including Aldous Huxley, Cary Grant and Jack Nicholson. DIED. PETER MAAS, 72, best-selling author of true-life Mafia and police crime novels The Valachi Papers and Serpico, which were made into successful movies starring Charles Bronson and Al Pacino, respectively; in New York City. When Maas received $400,000 for the film rights to the story of Frank Serpico's struggle...