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Monday April 12 1999 Also in National News Clint Eastwood always nurtured the image of a family man far removed from the anti-heroes he plays on screen. But No new recruits but garda now, a new book exposes the real man a violent, college 'won't be mothballed' mean-spirited, tight-fisted serial philanderer who beat his Scammer jailed for hotel stay on first wife, conducted a string of affairs throughout his stolen credit card career, fathered several children outside of wedlock, 'Lynn loan' supervisor pulls out forced two of his lovers, including long-time partner of jobs case Sondra Locke, to have abortions. Pat Stacey reports Clint Eastwood always nurtured the image of a family man far Six-year wait for dental work removed from the anti-heroes he plays on screen. But Gardai to probe huge blaze at now, a new book exposes the real man a violent, top waste plant mean-spirited, tight-fisted serial philanderer who beat his first wife, conducted a string of affairs throughout his National News Home career, fathered several children outside of wedlock, Business Development Manager forced two of his lovers, including long-time partner Business Development manager with 5 years expertise Sondra Locke, to have abortions. Pat Stacey reports selling to retail and or... Independent.ie Web He's the most enduring star in Hollywood. A man who, 35 Dublin South | €60,000-70,000 years after his transformation from TV cowboy in Rawhide to international movie star in the influential spaghetti Key Account Manager Ads by Google western A Fistful of Dollars, still carries considerable Manager of Multi Sites... box-office clout. 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Why You Can't Keep a Man In The Life and Legend of Clint Eastwood, Patrick Learn 7 Major Turnoffs to Men ThatYou Don't Even Realize You're Doing McGilligan demolishes the popular portrait of the www.CatchHimAndKeepHim.com star-director as a shy homebody, light years away from the macho image of his earlier films like Dirty Harry, who prefers listening to jazz to attending Tinseltown parties. In fact, McGilligan asserts, Eastwood's reputation as a formidable seducer and ruthless lover was already in place by the time he got his big break in Rawhide in 1959. He married Maggie Johnson, a former swimsuit model whose paycheques supported the young would-be actor during the first years of their marriage, in 1953, but Eastwood didn't let that stop him from bedding a string of women, on a daily basis, in his on-set trailer. According to regular Rawhide actress Karen Sharpe: ``There was a girlfriend with a job that ensured she'd be there everyday. She didn't seem to have any work in particular, other than being with Clint at lunch.'' Among Eastwood's more high-profile conquests during this period was Jane Brolin, then married to Barbra Streisand's current husband James Brolin. According to some of Eastwood's old circle, while wife Maggie was longing to start a family, Eastwood compelled Jane to go to Mexico for an abortion, fearing that word of their affair would wreck both his marriage and his career. Eastwood and Maggie subsequently had two children, Kyle and Alison. But Eastwood didn't just cheat on Maggie, he beat her, too. Fritz Manes, a high school buddy of Eastwood's who helped produce 17 of his movies (until he fell out of favour), recalls a row between the couple. ``Clint just turned round and knocked Maggie out cold. He really decked her knocked her clear from the living room into the tub in the bathroom.'' It wasn't an isolated incident. In 1964, after playing Rowdy Yates in Rawhide for five years, Eastwood ignored his agent's advice and went to Spain to star in Italian director Sergio Leone's spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars. The film's mixture of stylish photography and violent shootouts changed the face of the movie western, and the career of Clint Eastwood. Within two sparkling years its sequels, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, had turned him into an international name. By the early seventies, Eastwood was unquestionably the biggest movie star in the world, as well as Hollywood's biggest love cheat. In the intervening years, there had been affairs with practically all of his leading ladies, including Inger Stevens (Hang 'Em High), the tragic Jean Seberg (Paint Your Wagon), 17-year-old Jo Ann Harris (The Beguiled) and countless one-night, and even one-hour, stands. His relationship with Roxanne Tunis, his mistress from his days on Rawhide, had yielded a daughter called Kimber. 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Loyal wife Maggie knew about most of them, but kept her counsel. Eastwood's ferocious Nellie Bly Research sexual appetite was common knowledge in the movie industry, but his powerful star status Online books, journals for academicresearch, plus not to mention regular photo-spreads depicting Eastwood as the home-loving family man bibliography tools. kept the sleazy truth away from his fans. www.Questia.com/Nellie_Bly He had several current and former mistresses dotted around his adopted town Carmel, Noritake Edenderry High Quality, Unique Craftmanship.Secure Shopping. Buy including Roxanne Tunis. Online Now!

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