Mary Pinchot Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mary Pinchot Meyer

American socialite and painter

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1920

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1964

Profession: socialite, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Mary Pinchot Meyer

  • Mary Eno Pinchot Meyer (; October 14, 1920 – October 12, 1964) was an American painter who lived in Washington D.C.
  • Her work is considered part of the Washington Color School and was selected for the Pan American Union Art Exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires.
  • She was married to Central Intelligence Agency official Cord Meyer from 1945–1958, and she became involved romantically with President John F.
  • Kennedy after her divorce from Meyer. Meyer was shot to death on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath on October 12, 1964, three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission Report, whose conclusions Meyer allegedly challenged.
  • Meyer's long history of criticism of the CIA, the timing of her killing, the CIA's wiretapping of her phone, and the effort by CIA counterintelligence chief James Jesus Angleton to retrieve Meyer's diary immediately after her death prompted investigation of possible CIA involvement in her murder.
  • Additionally, Army personnel records for prosecution witness Lt.
  • William L.
  • Mitchell, released in 2015 and 2016 under the Freedom of Information Act, corroborate his ties to the intelligence community.
  • CIA involvement has also been suggested by the phone call that was placed by top Agency official Wistar Janney to Ben Bradlee, hours before the police had identified Meyer's body.
  • The man accused of the murder, Ray Crump, Jr., was acquitted at trial in July, 1965.
  • The murder remains officially unsolved.

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