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wrote: "I used to know Brian Howard well—a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes. In later life he became very dangerous—constantly attacking people with his fists in public places—so I kept clear of him. He was consumptive but the immediate cause of his death was a broken heart."
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In 1929, he was famously involved in the "Bruno Hat" hoax when the fashionable Hon Mr. & Mrs. Bryan
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