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Walter Jr commits suicide. ... -- Walter Winchell Jr., 33 years old, son of the columnist and commentator, died at his home here last night of a single gunshot wound in the mouth, the coroner's ...
Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain ...
Jan 22, 1995 · THE LAST WORD ON WINCHELL. By Harold Brodkey. January 22, 1995. The New Yorker, January 30, 1995 P. 71. Critic At Large about Walter Winchell, the populist newsman from the thirties and forties ...
Walter Winchell grew up poor in East Harlem, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He quickly rose from vaudeville hoofer to Broadway blabber by posting gossip about his acting troupe on backstage ...
Feb 21, 1972 · Walter Winchell Is Dead on Coast at 74(2) Share full article. By Alden Whitman. Feb. 21, 1972; ... His son, Walter Jr., committed suicide in 1967. The bounce had gone out of him. “I have stopped ...
Nov 18, 1998 · Walter Winchell, who turned gossip into power in his newspaper column and radio program from late 1920's to 50's, proves facinating to filmmakers and writers more than a quarter century after his ...
Feb 1, 1995 · Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture Of Celebrity, by Neal Gabler: US$30. Alfred A. Knopf: (800) 726 0600, +1 (212) 751 2600. STREET CRED. Winchell: An Unlikely Liberator of the Information Era ...
