GYPSY's SON ERIC FATHERED By FILM DIRECTOR OTTO PREMINGER

NEW YORK TIMES - 1971 GYPSY's SON ERIK to be ADOPTED by OTTO PREMINGER

EXCERPT:

The story came to light when Mr. Preminger told The Daily Mirror in London of his love affair with Miss Lee, a noted strip tease dancer, actress and author. According to the British paper, Mr. Preminger, who is married and the father of two children, disclosed that his affair with Miss Lee took place in California. On Dec. 11, 1944, he heard that she was in a New York hospital and flew here to be with her. He learned then that she was expecting a baby.

Mr. Preminger said that he offered to help her but she re fused and did not want the child ever to learn who his true father was.

NOTE: Erik also wrote a book, a memoir of life with his mother. Another source tells me that he was about 9 years old before he found out about his birth father.