Eleazar Lipsky

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Eleazar Lipsky (1911- February 14, 1993) was a prosecutor, lawyer, novelist and playwright born in the Bronx, New York, USA. He wrote the novels that formed the basis of two very successful films, Kiss of Death (based on a 100-page manuscript) and The People Against O'Hara (based on his detective novel). Other novels include Lincoln McKeever (1953), The Devil's Daughter (Meredith Press, 1969, based on the legal troubles of William Sharon) and The Scientists (1959), a Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

Lipsky, who practiced law until three weeks before his death, was an assistant district attorney for Manhattan in the 1940s and later had a diversified law practice in Manhattan and served as legal counsel to the Mystery Writers of America. Lipsky was active in many Jewish organizations.

External links

Eleazar Lipsky at the Internet Movie Database
University of Texas in Austin about the death of Eleazar Lipsky
Lipsky Family Papers; P-858; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Name	Lipsky, Eleazar
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Date of birth	1911
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Date of death	1993
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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 79306279 LCCN: no2001055641

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