William Grimes in The New York Times this evening —
"Clifford Irving, who perpetrated one of the biggest literary hoaxes
of the 20th century in the early 1970s when he concocted a
supposedly authorized autobiography of the billionaire Howard Hughes
based on meetings and interviews that never took place, died on Tuesday
at a hospice facility near his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 87."
A figure reproduced here on Tuesday —
A related figure —
See too the 1973 Orson Welles film "F for Fake."
Some background on the second figure above —
posts tagged April 8-11, 2016.
Some background on the first figure above —
today's previous post, January 2018 AMS Notices.