Howard Rushmore | |
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Born | Howard Rushmore July 2, 1913 Mitchell, South Dakota, U.S. |
Died | January 3, 1958 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 44)
Other names | Brooks Martin, Kenneth G. McLain, Juan Morales, Matt Williams |
Alma mater | St. Brendan's Catholic School |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, film reviewer |
Years active | 1929–1958 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouses | Ruth Garvin
(m. 1936; div. 1945)Frances Everitt McCoy
(m. 1945) |
Howard Clifford Rushmore (July 2, 1913 – January 3, 1958) was an American journalist, nationally known for investigative reporting. As a communist, he reported for The Daily Worker; later, he became anti-communist and wrote for publications including the New York Journal-American and Confidential magazine. Rushmore killed himself and his wife in a murder-suicide in 1958.