Tom Clancy

:This article is about Tom Clancy the novelist; for the member of the Irish folk band The Clancy Brothers, see Tom Clancy (singer)

Biography

Tom Clancy was born April 12, 1947 at Franklin Square Hospital, in Baltimore, MD. He attended Loyola High School in Towson, MD, graduating with the class of 1965.

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April 12 - 1947 - Baltimore, MD - Towson, MD - 1965

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Tom studied English Literature at Loyola College in Baltimore, graduating with the class of 1969. In a message to the usenet newsgroup alt.books.tom-clancy, he remarked that he studied English because "I wasn't smart enough to do physics."

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Loyola College - Usenet

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Before making his literary debut, Tom spent some time running an independent insurance business.

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Tom Clancy's married his first wife, Wanda, in 1970. After having several children together, they divorced in 1998. Wanda was represented by Baltimore lawyer Sheila Sachs (http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=4&q=http://archives.baltimoremagazine.net/1998/98_11/top_lawyers/sachs.html&e=42). Divorce papers filed by Wanda in 1996 gave the reason that Tom Clancy had "committed adultery with one Katherine Huang," (http://www.clancyfaq.com/Authors.htm) allegedly a New York assistant district attorney he supposedly met on the Internet. An E! Online article further alleges that Ms. Huang used the internet aliases "Bin Bin" and "Ping Ping." Much of the media attention focus on the Clancys' divorce resulted from Tom's then-pending bid to buy the Minnesota Vikings.

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1970 - Baltimore - Divorce - 1996 - New York - Minnesota Vikings

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In 1999, Clancy, at age 52, married 32-year old fellow writer Alexandra Marie Llewellyn, on June 26 (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,4969,00.html). Also, according to the Tom Clancy FAQ website:

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:It was previously reported in the Washington Post that he was to marry a niece of Colin Powell just after the divorce to his first wife was finalized. We may never know for sure given Mr. Clancy's zealous protection of his personal life.

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Tom Clancy has 4 children.

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