Sylvia Hyatt

Sylvia was a book editor who served in the O.S.S. during World War II. She spoke fluent iGerman, French, English and several other languages.

Some quotes and facts expressed by actor Ron Jeremy regarding his late mother Sylvia.

His late mother fought Parkinson's disease, beginning when Ron was eight, undergoing experimental cryogenic surgery.

Ron recalled: "My mother was the most wonderful woman. She worked as a spy, decoder and cryptographer during the Second World War and served in the OSS in Europe."

The Office of Strategic Services was an American wartime intelligence agency and a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ron's father, Arnold, also served in the war, fighting the Japanese. He now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with Ron's brother, Larry.

Ron said: "Mom was always the one who understood me. People would ask her about me and she would say, 'Ronnie dances to a different drummer'. That was her favourite expression."