Richard Suskind, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Suskind

Children's author

Date of Birth: 02-May-1925

Date of Death: 14-Sep-1999

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Richard Suskind (May 2, 1925 – September 14, 1999) was a children's author who participated with author Clifford Irving in creating a fraudulent autobiography of the reclusive entrepreneur Howard Hughes.
Suskind was incarcerated for five months of a six-month prison sentence for his role in collaborating with Irving on the hoax.
He died in 1999, aged 74, in Woodland Hills Los Angeles County, California, USA.He was portrayed in the 2007 film The Hoax by Alfred Molina.