Word: suskind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...McGraw-Hill began to pay Irving for his work, the writer insisted that all checks be made out to "H.R. Hughes." That permitted his wife Edith, posing as "Helga R. Hughes," to deposit the checks in a Swiss bank account. Irving and a coconspirator, Richard Suskind, carefully researched Hughes' life. They gained access to a manuscript by James Phalen, who was collaborating with a former Hughes associate, Noah Dietrich. That work in progress included rich anecdotes about the eccentric multimillionaire. Thus Irving's manuscript had a solid inside-Hughes ring...