Lynne tryforos biography
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Herman Tarnower
American cardiologist and author (1910–1980)
Herman Tarnower (March 18, 1910 – March 10, 1980) was an American cardiologist and co-author (with Samm Sinclair Baker) of the bestselling diet book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet (1978), which promoted a high-proteinlow-carbohydrate fad diet known as the Scarsdale diet.[1] On March 10, 1980, just eight days before his 70th birthday, Tarnower was shot dead by Jean Harris. Harris was convicted of his murder at trial in White Plains, New York, in 1981.
Early and Professional life
[edit]Herman Tarnower was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish immigrants Harry and Dora Tarnower.[1] He attended Syracuse University, where he obtained his M.D. in 1933. As a physician he specialized in cardiology, establishing a practice in the Scarsdale and White Plains areas of New York.[1] During World War II, Tarnower joined the United States Army Medical Corps and was promoted to the rank
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1980: When a Celeb Doctor’s Slaying Stunned Hollywood
There are few shot-dead doctors who’ve gotten less sympathy from Hollywood than Dr.Herman Tarnower, author of the 1979 best-seller The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, a precursor to low-carb fad diets like Atkins and The Paleo Diet. Two TV movies were made about the celebrity cardiologist’s murder at the hands of spurned lover Jean Harris, and both echo the lyrics of the “Cell Block Tango” number from Chicago: “He had it coming.”
Harris, then 56, had been Tarnower’s lover for 14 years when the suddenly rich and famous 69-year-old lifelong bachelor decided to leave her for his office assistant, Lynne Tryforos, 38. On March 10, 1980, Harris drove from Virginia, where she was the headmistress of an elite girls school, to Tarnower’s 6-acre Westchester County estate with a .32-caliber handgun in her purse. Her defense was that she was influenced by the methamphetamin
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The Jean Harris Case
While Herman Tarnower slept around with a variety of women, Jean Harris's jealousy started to focus on a single rival, his secretary-receptionist, Lynne Tryforos. In Harris' estimation, Tryforos was the sort of ignorant, common woman a man might enjoy as a sexuell "tootsie roll" but unworthy of being escorted to dates and dinner parties by a man as fine and respected as the eminent cardiologist, Dr. Herman Tarnower.
Jean Harris started being awakened from sova by middle-of-the-night phone calls. They were not made by Lynne Tryforos or by anyone whose röst Harris recognized. They could be either male or female. The anonymous caller would tell Jean that she was "old and pathetic" or taunt her with graphic descriptions of Tarnower's enjoyment of another woman's sexuell acumen. At work, the headmistress would frequently get a call back number that turned out to be that of Lynne Tryforos. The two women would end up screaming at e