Jean S. Harris, killer of Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower, dies at 89
Photo credit: Newsday File | Jean Harris made national news in 1980 as the defendant in a high-profile murder case of her ex-lover Dr. Herman Tarnower, the well-known cardiologist and author of the best-selling book The Scarsdale Diet. She was convicted of second-degree murder.
Jean Harris dies at 89
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Jean S. Harris, who was convicted of killing the "Scarsdale Diet" doctor in 1980, died in an assisted-living facility in New Haven, Conn., Sunday.
She was 89.
Her death was confirmed by her son, James Harris.
The former headmistress of an exclusive girls school, Harris was arrested on March 10, 1980, for fatally shooting her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, a Westchester cardiologist...
