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(1939-2014) Writer. Lee Israel was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. She authored four books, but was best know for the letters of celebrities she forged.

Full Name

Lee Israel

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ms. Israel lived in an Upper West Side apartment in Manhattan, New York.

1939

BIRTH

Leonore Carol Israel was born in New York City on December 3, 1939.

1961

OTHER

Ms. Israel attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, and received a bachelor's degree in speech from Brooklyn College in 1961.

1972

LITWORK

Miss Tallulah Bankhead
Putnam Pub Group
0399105484 / 978-0399105487
Biography.

1979

LITWORK

Kilgallen: A Biography of Dorothy Kilgallen
Delacorte Press
0440045223 / 978-0440045229
Biography.

1985

LITWORK

Estee Lauder: Beyond The Magic
Macmillan
0025221000 / 978-0025221000
Biography.

2008

LITWORK

Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Simon & Schuster
1416588671 / 978-1416588672
Memoir.

2014

DEATH

Lee Israel died in Manhattan, New York, on December 24, 2014.

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