Sheila Weller: Army Archerd, In Memoriam

Whether business or romantic, it's news that's always true (in 55 years, he's not had to issue a single retraction) and never cruel. Viewed in retrospect, the columns report history. They began in the Korean War era, ... My uncle owned the luminous nightclub Ciro's -- Army sat at a ringside table every Tuesday and Saturday night, scouting celebrity romances. My mother was a newspaper and movie magazine columnist and then editor; Army moonlighted, writing columns for her. ...