Edmund Horman
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Edmund C. Horman (April 15, 1906 – April 16, 1993)[1] was an American businessman who flew to Chile in 1973 in search of his son, Charles Horman, knowing that soldiers had seized him, but unaware that he had been shot dead by the Chilean military forces under General Augusto Pinochet, during their coup against President Salvador Allende.[2][3][4] He later became a human rights activist and public speaker, and is portrayed by Jack Lemmon in the 1982 Academy Award-winning Costa Gavras film, Missing.
Horman was born in Manhattan,[2] and had studied at Columbia University.[5] Horman lived in New York City[6] and worked in engineering and industrial design and owned Jersey Industrial Trucks.[2][5][7] He was married to Elizabeth Lazar from 1940 until his death.[2][5] Horman was also the father-in-law of Joyce Horman.[2][5] Horman died of pneumonia at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital[2][5] on 16 April, 1993.[1] He was 87.[8]