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Lieutenant Edward Laurence Doheny, Jr.

Also Known As: "Ned"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Death: February 16, 1929 (35)
Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States (see About section below)
Place of Burial: Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Laurence Doheny, Sr. and Carrie Louella Doheny
Husband of Lucy Marceline Battson
Father of Private; Edward Laurence Doheny, III; William Henry Doheny, Sr.; Private; Private and 2 others
Brother of Eileen Doheny

Occupation: oil industry businessman
Managed by: Deborah Leann Clark
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Immediate Family

About Ned Doheny

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Date and place of marriage have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1913 at an unspecified location.

Cause of death is greatly disputed. Among the alleged causes are:

  • murder by gunshot from his personal secretary and friend Theodore Hugh Plunkett (the officially recorded cause)
  • suicide by gunshot
  • murder by gunshot from his wife

regarding his death

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Ned Doheny's Timeline

1893
November 6, 1893
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1917
February 8, 1917
Los Angeles County, California, United States
1919
March 12, 1919
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1929
February 16, 1929
Age 35
Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States