Leo Katcher
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1911 – 1991
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Who was Leo Katcher?
Leo Katcher was an American reporter, screenwriter, and author. As West Coast Correspondent of the New York Post in 1952, he helped to break the story about Nixon’s election expenses, which provoked Nixon into making his televised defence, still remembered as the Checkers Speech. In 1956, Katcher was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for The Eddy Duchin Story.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1911
Bayonne - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- New York University
- Died
- Feb 27, 1991
Oceanside
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on July 23, 2013
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