Mary Pinchot Meyer

Mary Pinchot Meyer
Mary Pinchot Meyer at JFK's 46th birthday Party on the presidential yacht Sequoia
Born
Mary Eno Pinchot

(1920-10-14)October 14, 1920
DiedOctober 12, 1964(1964-10-12) (aged 43)
Cause of deathHomicide
Resting placeMilford Cemetery, Pike County, Pennsylvania, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrearley School
Alma materVassar College
OccupationPainter
Spouse
(m. 1945; div. 1958)
Children3
Parent(s)Amos Pinchot
Ruth Pickering Pinchot
RelativesGifford Pinchot (uncle)
Rosamond Pinchot (half-sister)
Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee (sister)

Mary Eno Pinchot Meyer (/ˈm.ər/; October 14, 1920 – October 12, 1964) was an American painter who lived in Washington D.C. She was married to Cord Meyer from 1945 to 1958, and became involved romantically with President John F. Kennedy after her divorce from Meyer.

Pinchot Meyer was murdered on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath in Washington, D.C., on October 12, 1964. A suspect, Ray Crump Jr., was arrested and charged with her murder, but he was ultimately acquitted. Beginning in 1976, Pinchot Meyer's life, her relationship with Kennedy, and her murder became the subjects of numerous articles and books, including a full-length biography by journalist Nina Burleigh.

  1. ^ Katz, Hélèna (2010). Cold Cases: Famous Unsolved Mysteries, Crimes, and Disappearances in America. ABC-CLIO. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-313-37692-4.