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Full Name: Richard Hammer
Biography:
(1928-2021) Author. Richard Hammer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in the Bronx, New York. He wrote books on crime. Mr. Hammer was a writer for New York Times and the New York Times Week in Review section.
Author's Timeline:
1928 (Unknown) County
Richard George Hammer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on March 22, 1928. 
1950 Onondaga County
Mr. Hammer received a bachelor's degree in history from Syracuse University in 1950. 
1975 (Unknown) County
The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano
(Pub: Little, Brown and Company ISBN: 0316321400 / 978-0316321402 )
Nonfiction written with Martin A. Gosch. 
2021 Bronx County
Richard Hammer died at Calvary Hospital, a hospice facility in the Bronx, New York, on October 17, 2021. 
1970 (Unknown) County
One Morning in the War: The Tragedy of Son My
(Pub: Hart-Davis ISBN: 0246640162 / 978-0246640161 )
Nonfiction. 
1971 (Unknown) County
The Court-Martial of Lt. Calley
(Pub: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan ISBN: 113118551X / 978-1131185514 )
Nonfiction. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Interviews With My-Lai Veterans
Documentary. 
1982 (Unknown) County
The Vatican Connection: The Astonishing Account of a Billion Dollar Counterfeit Stock Deal Between the Mafia and the Church
(Pub: Henry Holt and Company ISBN: )
Nonfiction, winner of an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. 
1987 (Unknown) County
The CBS Murders: A True Account of Greed and Violence in New York's Diamond District
(Pub: William Morrow and Company ISBN: 0688066097 / 978-0688066093 )
Nonfiction, winner of an Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. 
1990 (Unknown) County
The Helmsleys: The Rise and Fall of Harry and Leona Helmsley
(Pub: Dutton Adult ISBN: 0453006825 / 978-0453006828 )
Nonfiction. 
1969 (Unknown) County
Between Life and Death
(Pub: Macmillan ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
2021 New York County
Mr. Hammer lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York. 
1992 (Unknown) County
Beyond Obsession: The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly
(Pub: William Morrow and Company ISBN: 0688094791 / 978-0688094799 )
Nonfiction. 
? New York County
Mr. Hammer did graduate work at Columbia University. 
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