Mary Pinchot (14 October 1920-12 October 1964) was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, United States.
After graduating from Vassar College, she married Cord Meyer, who became a top CIA official. A friend and classmate from Vassar, Cicely d’Autremont, married James Angleton, also of the CIA. Mary’s sister Antoinette (Tony) married Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post in 1955.
Mrs. Meyer was rumored to be a favorite mistress of President John F. Kennedy, was semi-publicly named as such by Philip Graham in early 1963,
On October 12, 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer was murdered on the C&O Canal towpath in Georgetown, age 43. Her friend Anne Truitt was in Tokyo but learned of the murder that night. Truitt immediately contacted James Angleton and told him Mary had a diary and where it was — following Mary’s instructions should anything happen to her.
E. Howard Hunt claimed, in his “death row” confession, that Mary’s ex-husband Cord Meyer (an employee of the CIA) could be involved in the Kennedy assassination as part of a jealous husband routine. I find it highly unlikely as the Meyer’s was divorced in 1956, which makes the revenge angle a bit fluky to me.
A question that does remain, is who killed Mary and why? Did she possess knowledge about Kennedy that made her dangerous? Was there a link to the KGB?
A modern conspiracy from JFK to Watergate 