Mary Hayward Weir

Mary Hayward Weir, born Mary Emma Hayward (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 Polish author Jerzy Kosinski. The Mary H. Weir Public Library in Weirton, is named after her.

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