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Masseur! Chronicle of an International Rascal
Masseur Chronicle of an International Rascal Author:Lou Guzzo Top Secret Tips Unveiled Within! — One of the most fascinating characters Lou Guzzo met in his more than half a century in the print and news media was a pugnacious, unpredictable British Cockney masseur, Arthur Mason, who could be alternately charming and rambunctious. Mason, whose father was once the masseur of choice to Winston Churchi... more »ll, learned the trade from the elder Mason and traveled the world massaging such diverse luminaries as Egypt's King Farouk, Italy's Primo Carnera, and Marilyn Monroe. When Guzzo, the crime-busting managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, let it be known to informants that he was looking for an habitué of West Coast houses of prostitution to provide information on the heavy drug traffic in and out of the houses, Mason responded. In the process, however, Guzzo found himself more intrigued by Mason's extraordinary life story than in his service as an informant. Eventually, he served both purposes. This true story is the result. In addition to his long service as masseur to royalty and other celebrities, Mason also appeared in British films and was once married to Vera Day, who was known as Britain's "Marilyn Monroe." Needless to say, the Cockney masseur was also a ladies' man in every sense of the term.« less