David Conover
American journalist
Died when: 64 years 178 days (773 months)Star Sign: Cancer
David Conover (June 26, 1919 – December 21, 1983) was an author and documentary photographer who was credited with discovering Marilyn Monroe while taking photos for Yank magazine.
While attached to the U.S.Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit, his commanding officer was future U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who had sent Conover to the Radioplane Munitions Factory where he discovered Monroe.
His published writings include:
* Once Upon an Island Publisher: San Juan Publishing (November 2003)
* Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Volume 74 - Summer 1968 Publisher: Reader's Digest (1968)
* Best Sellers from Reader's Digest Condensed Books - 1970
* One Man's Island Publisher: General Pub.
Co (1971)
* Publisher: Paper Jacks (1978)
* Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (1981)
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