Lee Lescaze
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Lee Adrien Lescaze (December 8, 1938 – July 26, 1996)[1] was an American journalist from Manhattan. After attending Harvard University, he worked as an editor successively at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.[2][3] During his Washington D.C., assignment, the FBI rented his Georgetown house as a safe house in the ABSCAM sting operation.[4]
Lee Lescaze was the son of the famous early American modernist architect William Lescaze (1896–1969).[5]
Lescaze was married to American author and journalist Lynn Darling from 1986 to his death in 1996.[6][7] The couple had one daughter, Zoe Eliza Lescaze.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007
- ^ "Lee Lescaze, Editor And a Reporter, 57". The New York Times. July 28, 1996. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Osnos, Peter (June 2, 2007). "Two Lives Entwined: Love and Its Costs". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Lescaze, Lee (February 4, 1980). "Scamlord". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ "William Lescaze, architect, 72, dies". New York Times. 10 February 1969. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Lynn Darling, Writer, Wed To Lee A. Lescaze, Editor". The New York Times. 1986-01-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Lee Lescaze, Editor And a Reporter, 57". The New York Times. 1996-07-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ Smith, Neil (2014-01-17). "Lessons of the Woods: A New York Writer Moves to Woodstock to Find Her Way". Valley News. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
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