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  1. Clifford Irving. Clifford Michael Irving (November 5, 1930 – December 19, 2017) was an American novelist and investigative reporter. Although he published 20 novels, he is best known for an "autobiography" allegedly written as told to Irving by billionaire recluse Howard Hughes. The fictional work was to have been published in 1972.

  2. Dec 20, 2017 · Clifford Irving, left, facing reporters in 1972, as a grand jury in Manhattan took up the literary-hoax case against him. ... Clifford Michael Irving was born in Manhattan on Nov. 5, 1930, to Jay ...

  3. Dec 29, 2017 · Clifford Irving, the globetrotting novelist and supposed biographer of the late American billionaire Howard Hughes. Hughes was known for being an eccentric and a recluse – perfect fodder for the ...

  4. Dec 21, 2017 · Updated 12:48 PM PDT, December 21, 2017. MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Clifford Irving, whose scheme to publish a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes created a sensation in the 1970s and stands as one of the all-time literary hoaxes, died after being admitted to hospice care in Florida. He was 87.

  5. Dec 21, 2017 · Clifford Irving walks into federal court in 1972. He fooled publishing executives, Swiss bank officials and lie-detector tests with a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes. (Jim Wells/AP)

  6. Dec 21, 2017 · By Steve Marble. Dec. 21, 2017 1:50 PM PT. Clifford Irving, whose audacious scheme to publish a fake autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes stands as one of the great literary hoaxes ...

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  8. May 30, 2014 · By Kay Kipling May 30, 2014. Elmyr de Hory in his villa on Ibiza in 1970. Author Clifford Irving may be best known as the man who faked an autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes ...

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