Mary Hayward Weir (1915 - 1968) was an American steel heiress and socialite. She was the wealthy widow of Pittsburgh steel king Ernest T. Weir, and the former wife of author Jerzy Kosinski. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... For other uses, see inheritance (disambiguation). ... A socialite is a person (male or female, but more often used for a woman) of social prominence who spends a significant amount of his or her time and resources entertaining and being entertained. ... Nickname: Steel City, Iron City, City of Champions, City of Bridges, City of Colleges, P-Burgh, The Burgh Motto: Benigno Numine Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny County Founded 1758 Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area    - City 151. ...

Born Mary Emma Hayward in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was working as a secretary for the National Steel Corporation in 1938 when she met and later married her boss, Chairman and CEO Ernest T. Weir. Ernest was forty years her senior and was recently divorced with two grown sons roughly Mary's age. Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Government  - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area  - City  372 sq mi (963. ... The National Steel Corporation (1929—2003) was a major American steel producer. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

Mary Hayward and Ernest T. Weir were married in December 1941, and together had one son, David Weir, born in 1944. She was later widowed in 1957, when her husband died at the age of 81. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On June 2, 1958, in Weirton, West Virginia, a public library called The Mary Hayward Weir Public Library, was named in her honor with Hayward Weir cutting the ribbon in person herself. June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. ...

On January 11, 1962 she married the Polish author Jerzy Kosinski after a one year and a half long romance. Kosinski had emigrated from Poland in December 1957 to the United States. Hayward Weir and Kosinski met in the summer of 1960 in New York City, when the heiress hired the young Kosinski to catalogue her private library. Hayward Weir was a close friend of coffee heiress Abigail Folger, of the Folgers Coffee Company family, and it was through her husband Jerzy Kosinski that Abigail met her future boyfriend Wojciech Frykowski (Folger and Frykowski were savagely murdered in 1969 by the Manson gang). January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Jerzy Kosiński. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Abigail Anne Folger (August 11, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee and member of the prominent United States Folger family. ... Folgers Coffee is a major brand of coffee in the US, part of the food and beverage division of Procter & Gamble. ... ÓWojciech Frykowski (December 22, 1936 - August 9, 1969) was a Polish one time actor and writer who was murdered in the home of Sharon Tate and Roman PolaÅ„ski by members of the Charles Manson Family. Born in Poland, Wojciech grew up in a wealthy, well-known family in Łód... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Mrs. Weir was known for both her never ending volunteer work in many different areas, as well as her extensive travels around the world. Hayward Weir was also known to have battled many serious bouts of depression beginning as far back as 1950, and at times suffered from blackouts as a result of this. She also struggled with alcoholism for years. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1965, her husband Jerzy Kosinski. dedicated his novel The Painted Bird to her and it was at this time that she began to feel ill. Later in 1966, Hayward Weir divorced Kosinski, but she still remained a close friend. Mary was later diagnosed with a brain tumour, of which she died on August 1, 1968, aged 52 or 53. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Painted Bird is a controversial novel by Jerzy Kosinski in which the world is described through the eyes of a young, black haired, black eyed boy who finds himself lost in small towns scattered around Eastern Europe (presumably Poland or Bellorussia) during World War II. The book has been... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...