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4 unusual facts about Carl Weiss


Benjamin Pavy

One of Pavy's sons-in-law, Carl Austin Weiss. Sr., M.D., was the alleged assassin of Long though the Pavy and Weiss families have long disputed that assertion.

Carl Weiss

Felix Pavy was defeated for lieutenant governor by Paul N. Cyr of Iberia Parish, who thereafter turned against Long.

Weiss's son—Carl Weiss, Jr., an infant at the time—has since vigorously disputed the assertion, most notably in a 1993 interview on the NBC program Unsolved Mysteries.

Seymour Weiss

Seymour Weiss (September 13, 1896 – September 17, 1969) was a prominent New Orleans hotel executive and civic leader who was a close confidante of the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Ironically, Weiss, the most loyal of Louisiana Longites, bore the same last name as Carl Weiss, M.D., the apparent assassin of U.S. Senator Huey Long.



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