Eddie (Popeye Doyle) Egan, a narcotics detective who was the prototype for the character of Popeye Doyle in the film The French Connection, "readily acknowledged that the two Popeyes were one. 'I don't do it. Popeye Doyle throws the book away and he fights crime.' Neither Mr. Egan nor his agent, who was monitoring the conversation, seemed to notice he had assumed the fictional character."
......................... New York Times, December 4, 1971

A Mexican-American seized a jet over Arizona and forced the pilot to fly to Los Angeles, where the hijacker held a television news conference. "He then surrendered, as he promised."
..........................Washington Post, April 24, 1972

...... Joseph Gallo, reputed Mafia leader, was scheduled to give the keynote address before the A. J. Liebling Counter- Convention of Publishers. His topic: "The Image of Joe Gallo, in the Press and as I See It. " However, he was murdered a few days before the conference opened.
......"Gallo's sister, Mrs. Carmellia Fiorella, sobbing over her brother's body, said, 'He tried to change his image - that's why this happened.' She was treated for shock."
........................ New York Times, April 8, 1972