Michael A. Hess, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael A. Hess

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1952

Place of Birth: Roscrea, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1995

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Michael Anthony Hess (July 5, 1952 – August 15, 1995) was an Irish-born American lawyer, deputy chief legal counsel and later chief legal counsel to the Republican National Committee (RNC) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born Anthony Lee to Philomena Lee in Ireland, and spent his first years of life in a convent before being adopted by Marge and Doc Hess of St.
Louis, Missouri.
The issues surrounding his adoption are controversial, as part of a program of forced adoptions practised by some Catholic religious orders in Ireland at the time, and the story of that early part of his life was later told in British journalist Martin Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee and in the film Philomena.