he gave a lot to the henry luce foundation. he didn't have quite as much money to leave as he would have done. >> that would have been in the 1960's? >> in the late 1960's, he died. >> where were the houses? >> the houses, at that point they had houses in connecticut, phoenix, and of course a new york apartment. usually at the waldorf. they did buy an apartment toward the end of harry's life. >> here is a quote from your book. "she drooped from his potbelly -- she cringed at the sight of harry ambling about the deck in shorts that drooped from his potbelly, faded sneakers with smearing spectacles perched on his nose. he was now so deaf that he needed a hearing aid." >> harry didn't care about anything really except work. she put him together and made sure -- he was an incessant chain-smoker and he was always covered in ash. his hats got so old that she had to go out and buy new ones for him. as for the sox, he was allergic to wool so he always wore silk socks. the problem was that sometimes he put -- he even went out in odd sho

20th century from eisenhower to several churchills to jfk and, of course, her stormy marriage to henry luce. and so does morris herself in a wonderful account of how she became to be clare boothe luce's biographer, the only one to have access to her public and private papers. and so it is really a great privilege to have sylvia morris with us here tonight. born in england, she taught english literature before moving to the united states in 1968 with her husband, the writer edmund morris, who i'm also proud to have with us here in the evening, and she is also the author of a biography of former first lady edith kermit roosevelt. it also gives me great pleasure to introduce our moderator, the prolific writer and editor, james atlas. he is founding editor of the viking press live series of biographies and the author of "the life of an american poet" which was nominated for a national book award. in addition to his memoir, "my life in the middle ages," he has written for "the new york times," "vanity fair" and many other publications. and so please join me in welcoming sylvia morris and james a