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Helen Gandy

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American civil servant (1897-1988)

United StatesLived 1897 to 1988 · aged 91
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Helen Wilburforce Gandy was the American longtime secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, who called her "indispensable". Serving in that role for 54 years she exercised great behind-the-scenes influence on Hoover and the operations of the Bureau.

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J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I, in 1961. Gandy worked for him from 1918 to his death in 1972.J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I, in 1961. Gandy worked for him from 1918 to his death in 1972.L. Patrick Gray, was appointed acting FBI director by President Nixon after Hoover's deathL. Patrick Gray, was appointed acting FBI director by President Nixon after Hoover's death

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Helen Wilburforce Gandy was the American longtime secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, who called her "indispensable". Serving in that role for 54 years she exercised great behind-the-scenes influence on Hoover and the operations of the Bureau. Following Hoover's death in 1972, she spent weeks destroying his "Personal File," thought to contain the most incriminating material Hoover used to manipulate or blackmail the most powerful figures in Washington.

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Lived 1897 to 1988 · aged 91
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