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Originally Posted by issybird
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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I thought the name change to Mike Rossi only occurred for the movie and then was retained for the TV series. I just checked both my hardcover book club edition of
Peyton Place and the Audible version I listened to last year, and both use the name Tomas Makris.