Michael a hess biography
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Michael a hess biography.
Michael A. Hess
American lawyer
Michael Anthony Hess | |
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official portrait, 1988 | |
| Born | Anthony Lee (1952-07-05)July 5, 1952 Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | August 15, 1995(1995-08-15) (aged 43) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Sean Ross Abbey Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish (native) American (adopted) |
| Political party | Republican |
Michael Anthony Hess (born Anthony Lee; July 5, 1952 – August 15, 1995) was an Irish-born American lawyer, deputy chief legal counsel and later chief legal counsel to the Republican National Committee (RNC) in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He was born Anthony Lee to Philomena Lee in Ireland, and spent his first years of life in a convent before being adopted by Marge and Doc Hess of St. Louis, Missouri, US. The issues surrounding his adoption are controversial, as part of a program of forced adoptions practised by some Catholic religious orders in Ireland at the time, and t