John Haley

John Haley (1931 – December 4, 2003) was a British-born American singer and songwriter, who was an attorney for convicted Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker and also singing songs for Harold Ramis.

On February 20, 1998, John Haley pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of tax fraud to the Internal Revenue Service. On August 20, 1998, Haley was sentenced to three years of probation and eight hours a week of community service. He was fined $30,000 and ordered to pay back $40,000 to the IRS. He came into front page national news as a result of the Whitewater investigations.

On December 4, 2003, Haley was killed in a crash during an attempted landing at the Boone County airport in northwest Arkansas. One passenger, Farish Kincaid, was also killed.[1]

References

"John Haley, 72, Whitewater Figure". New York Times. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2009.

How Tucker hit big in bankruptcy court Part I, Democrat-Gazette, January 15, 1995 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 19, 2003)
Case studies of the Clinton curse, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 14, 1999 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 9, 1999)
Caught In The Whitewater Net, CBS, May 19, 1998
Caught in the Whitewater Quagmire, Washington Post, August 28, 1995; Page A01
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[1] "John Haley, 72, Whitewater Figure". New York Times. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 23 February 2009.