James Hatfield
James Howard Hatfield (January 7, 1958 – July 18, 2001) was an American author.
Fortunate Son and controversy
Hatfield was the author of
Soon after the book's release, The Dallas Morning News reported that Hatfield was a paroled felon who had been convicted in 1988 of paying a hit man $5,000 to murder his former boss with a car bomb. It was also revealed that Hatfield pleaded guilty to embezzlement in 1992. Hatfield at first denied the allegations when his publisher confronted him, but he eventually owned up to his criminal history.
This was the second time that a book of Hatfield's had been challenged. In 1985 he had written an unofficial
Due to the revelations of Hatfield's criminal past and the damage to his credibility, in October 1999, Hatfield's publisher,
The book was later republished by
Death
According to Detective John Hubbard of the Bentonville, Arkansas Police Department, on July 17, 2001, the Police went to Hatfield's house to arrest him on charges of credit card fraud but they were unable to locate him.
On July 18, 2001, Hatfield's body was found by a hotel housekeeper in room 312 at a Days Inn in Springdale, Arkansas, an apparent suicide by prescription drug overdose. According to the police, notes were left listing alcohol, financial problems and Fortunate Son as reasons for killing himself.[5]
Bibliography
- ISBN 1-887128-84-0(third edition, 2002)
References
- ^ 'Horns' probes literary suicide; Keogh, Jim, Telegram & Gazette, 26 Feb 2004, p. C3.
- ^ a b Colloff, Pamela (December 1999). "Bio Hazard". Texas Monthly. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ The Mystery of 'The Killing Zone' – James Bond 007 – CommanderBond.net – James Bond At Its Best
- ^ DRUDGE REPORT 2009 Archived January 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bush Accuser Dies Of Drug Overdose; Discredited Author Faced Financial Woes: [FINAL Edition], Noguchi, Irene. The Washington Post, 21 July 2001: p. C.3.
External links
- Why would Osama bin Laden want to kill Dubya, his former business partner? by James Hatfield
- The Death of Jim Hatfield by David Cogswell
- Interview with James Hatfield, Democracy Now!