Jean Harris sentenced to prison

On Mar. 21, 1981, The Times re­por­ted that Jean Har­ris was sen­tenced to 15 years to life in pris­on for the love-tri­angle slay­ing of “Scarsdale Diet” au­thor Her­man Tar­now­er, the mil­lion­aire bach­el­or who jilted her for a young­er wo­man.

Published: March 21, 1981
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