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- Birth nameGail Merritt Henion
- Gail Sheehy was born on November 27, 1936 in Mamaroneck, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Hustling (1975), Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean (2021) and Radical Wolfe (2023). She was married to Clay Felker and Albert Francis Sheehy. She died on August 24, 2020 in Southampton, New York, USA.
- SpousesClay Felker(December 16, 1984 - July 1, 2008) (his death)Albert Francis Sheehy(August 20, 1960 - 1967) (divorced, 1 child)
- Her husband, Clay Felker, teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, school of journalism.
- Margaret Mead was her mentor.
- Wrote "The Secret of Grey Gardens", a cover story for the 10 January 1972 issue of New York magazine, that brought the living conditions of Jacqueline Kennedy's aunt Edith Bouvier Beale and cousin Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale to the public eye. The lives of the aunt and cousin were later immortalized in the film, Grey Gardens (1975).
- On self-respect: Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect you have enough, and when you have enough, you have self-respect.
- On growth: If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living.
- On imagination: Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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