XPost: alt.gossip.celebrities   
   From: ileneb@shore.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Lars Eighner  wrote:   
      
   >  Because it isn't his own name. His name is Jerry Rivers.   
   >   
   > An often debunked urban legend.   
      
   He used the name Jerry Rivers for a period of time in an effort to   
   Anglicize himself, before being ethnic was cool. I believe his parents   
   are one Jewish, one Puerto Rican.   
      
   It's too bad. He started out as a journalist decades ago and became a   
   disgrace.   
      
   Ilene B   
      
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