The Daily News (New York), May 26, 1984:
A former career U.S. diplomat who resigned last month as director of development for the Dance Theater of Harlem, jumped to his death from the roof of his luxury apartment house on Central Park West, police said yesterday. A police spokesman said an unidentified witness tried to stop 43-year-old Robert Boettcher from leaping from the roof of the 17-story building on the corner of 83rd St. about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Boettcher, who lived alone on the third floor at 225 Central Park West, was instrumental in raising thousands of dollars in emergency funds for the dance company last year after its headquarters on 152nd St. was burglarized and vandalized.
Detectives said a seven-page letter Boettcher wrote to his father, Robert Sr., was found in the apartment but they refused to divulge its contents.
Born in Texas, Boettcher, who was divorced, served in the Far East diplomatic corps for five years. He later became staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Affairs. Boettcher was staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Relations in 1978 when he uncovered the Koreagate scandal.
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The New York Times, May 30, 1984:
Robert B. Boettcher, who was staff director of a Congressional investigation of South Korean influence-peddling in Washington in the 1970's, died Thursday in a fall from the roof of an apartment building on Central Park West where he lived. He was 44 years old.
From 1971 until 1979, Mr. Boettcher directed the staff of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations. In that capacity he was in charge, under Representative Donald Fraser, of gathering evidence of a scandal in which Tongsun Park, a South Korean millionaire businessman, and others were accused of unlawfully seeking to influence American political figures in providing military and economic aid to Seoul.
Most recently Mr. Boettcher served as executive director of development and public relations for the Dance Theater of Harlem.
A former career U.S. diplomat who resigned last month as director of development for the Dance Theater of Harlem, jumped to his death from the roof of his luxury apartment house on Central Park West, police said yesterday. A police spokesman said an unidentified witness tried to stop 43-year-old Robert Boettcher from leaping from the roof of the 17-story building on the corner of 83rd St. about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Boettcher, who lived alone on the third floor at 225 Central Park West, was instrumental in raising thousands of dollars in emergency funds for the dance company last year after its headquarters on 152nd St. was burglarized and vandalized.
Detectives said a seven-page letter Boettcher wrote to his father, Robert Sr., was found in the apartment but they refused to divulge its contents.
Born in Texas, Boettcher, who was divorced, served in the Far East diplomatic corps for five years. He later became staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Affairs. Boettcher was staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Relations in 1978 when he uncovered the Koreagate scandal.
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The New York Times, May 30, 1984:
Robert B. Boettcher, who was staff director of a Congressional investigation of South Korean influence-peddling in Washington in the 1970's, died Thursday in a fall from the roof of an apartment building on Central Park West where he lived. He was 44 years old.
From 1971 until 1979, Mr. Boettcher directed the staff of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations. In that capacity he was in charge, under Representative Donald Fraser, of gathering evidence of a scandal in which Tongsun Park, a South Korean millionaire businessman, and others were accused of unlawfully seeking to influence American political figures in providing military and economic aid to Seoul.
Most recently Mr. Boettcher served as executive director of development and public relations for the Dance Theater of Harlem.
The Daily News (New York), May 26, 1984:
A former career U.S. diplomat who resigned last month as director of development for the Dance Theater of Harlem, jumped to his death from the roof of his luxury apartment house on Central Park West, police said yesterday. A police spokesman said an unidentified witness tried to stop 43-year-old Robert Boettcher from leaping from the roof of the 17-story building on the corner of 83rd St. about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Boettcher, who lived alone on the third floor at 225 Central Park West, was instrumental in raising thousands of dollars in emergency funds for the dance company last year after its headquarters on 152nd St. was burglarized and vandalized.
Detectives said a seven-page letter Boettcher wrote to his father, Robert Sr., was found in the apartment but they refused to divulge its contents.
Born in Texas, Boettcher, who was divorced, served in the Far East diplomatic corps for five years. He later became staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Affairs. Boettcher was staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Relations in 1978 when he uncovered the Koreagate scandal.
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The New York Times, May 30, 1984:
Robert B. Boettcher, who was staff director of a Congressional investigation of South Korean influence-peddling in Washington in the 1970's, died Thursday in a fall from the roof of an apartment building on Central Park West where he lived. He was 44 years old.
From 1971 until 1979, Mr. Boettcher directed the staff of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations. In that capacity he was in charge, under Representative Donald Fraser, of gathering evidence of a scandal in which Tongsun Park, a South Korean millionaire businessman, and others were accused of unlawfully seeking to influence American political figures in providing military and economic aid to Seoul.
Most recently Mr. Boettcher served as executive director of development and public relations for the Dance Theater of Harlem.
A former career U.S. diplomat who resigned last month as director of development for the Dance Theater of Harlem, jumped to his death from the roof of his luxury apartment house on Central Park West, police said yesterday. A police spokesman said an unidentified witness tried to stop 43-year-old Robert Boettcher from leaping from the roof of the 17-story building on the corner of 83rd St. about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Boettcher, who lived alone on the third floor at 225 Central Park West, was instrumental in raising thousands of dollars in emergency funds for the dance company last year after its headquarters on 152nd St. was burglarized and vandalized.
Detectives said a seven-page letter Boettcher wrote to his father, Robert Sr., was found in the apartment but they refused to divulge its contents.
Born in Texas, Boettcher, who was divorced, served in the Far East diplomatic corps for five years. He later became staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Affairs. Boettcher was staff director of the House Subcommittee on International Relations in 1978 when he uncovered the Koreagate scandal.
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The New York Times, May 30, 1984:
Robert B. Boettcher, who was staff director of a Congressional investigation of South Korean influence-peddling in Washington in the 1970's, died Thursday in a fall from the roof of an apartment building on Central Park West where he lived. He was 44 years old.
From 1971 until 1979, Mr. Boettcher directed the staff of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations. In that capacity he was in charge, under Representative Donald Fraser, of gathering evidence of a scandal in which Tongsun Park, a South Korean millionaire businessman, and others were accused of unlawfully seeking to influence American political figures in providing military and economic aid to Seoul.
Most recently Mr. Boettcher served as executive director of development and public relations for the Dance Theater of Harlem.
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