Leo Katcher
Leo Katcher (October 14, 1911 – February 27, 1991) was an American reporter, screenwriter, and author.
Early life and career
Katcher was born in
Later life and career
In the 1940s, Katcher moved to California, becoming the Post's West Coast correspondent. He helped break the story of Richard Nixon's fund to reimburse him for his political expenses.[2] The Post ran the story under the headline "Secret Rich Men's Trust Fund Keeps Nixon in Style Far Beyond His Means", causing Senator Nixon to tell Katcher's brother Edward, also a reporter, that Leo Katcher was "a son of a bitch".[4] Nixon successfully defused the Fund crisis with his Checkers speech. Katcher would go on to work for John F. Kennedy's successful 1960 presidential campaign against Nixon.[2]
Katcher's books included, The Big Bankroll: The Life and Times of
In his final years, he served as a political columnist for the Oceanside Blade Citizen and Oceanside Breeze. He died of a heart attack in Oceanside on February 27, 1991.[2]
Notes
- ^ Obituary Variety, March 11, 1991.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Leo Katcher, writer, journalist got Lindbergh kidnaper story", Los Angeles Times, March 6, 1991, retrieved 2009-04-20 (fee for article)
- ^ a b "Leo Katcher, reporter and writer, dies at 79", The New York Times, March 2, 1991, retrieved 2009-04-20
- ^ Morris 1990, p. 762.
Bibliography
- Morris, Roger (1990), Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0-8050-1834-4
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