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In Peyton Place, the high school principal was originally named Tomas Makris, but there was a real Tomas Makris who worked with Metalious's husband, who sued for libel. The name was changed to Michael Rossi in subsequent editions.
The character was called Michael Kyros in the UK editions; my guess is that it was an easier change from the original since only the name had to be changed and not all the references to being of Greek origin as well.
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