Person Detail: Richard Hammer

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General Information:
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.