Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an Irish-American journalist and television game show panelist, perhaps best known nationally for her coverage of the Sam Sheppard trial, her syndicated newspaper column, The Voice of Broadway, and her role as panelist on the television game show What's My Line?. She was born in Chicago, the daughter of newspaperman James Kilgallen and Mae Kilgallen, a homemaker. She had one sister, Eleanor Kilgallen, a New York-based casting agent for Universal Studios who played an important part in the rising careers of James Dean, Kim Cattrall and other actors. is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánach) are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in the west European nation of Ireland. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopathic physician [1] involved in a famous and controversial murder trial when he was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard. ... Whats My Line? is a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... For the film, see James Dean (film). ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Liverpool, England) is an English-born Canadian actress. ...

Reporter, columnist and radio/television personality

Dorothy Kilgallen's earliest career was as a trial reporter. She covered the trials of Bruno Hauptmann (who was convicted of the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh's son) and convicted murderess Anna Antonio. An example of a non-murder trial she covered was the disbarment proceedings for a New York City assistant district attorney named Thomas Aurelio who was the leading candidate for election as a judge for a vacant seat on the New York State Supreme Court in 1943. The reason for the disbarment proceedings was that a tap on his telephone picked up a friendly conversation he had with Italian syndicate leader Frank Costello who seemed to be assuring Aurelio's election with bribes. Aurelio was not disbarred and served on the state's highest court until 1973. Kilgallen's coverage of the Aurelio hearings in 1943 was published exclusively by the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst, who closely supervised them until his death in 1951. She also wrote for national magazines including Reader's Digest. Bruno Hauptmann Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German carpenter and former criminal, sentenced to death and executed for the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh II, the 20-month old son of famous pilot Charles Lindbergh. ... Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 – 26 August 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. ... Frank Costello, born Francesco Castiglia, or Castilla (January 26, 1891 - February 18, 1973) was an American gangster who rose to the top of Americas underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and had political influence like no other La Cosa Nostra boss. ... For other people named William Randolph Hearst, see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation) William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In 1936, Kilgallen competed with two fellow New York newspaper reporters in a race around the world using means of transportation available to ordinary persons (as opposed to military personnel and the aviation heroes of the time). Despite being the only female contestant, she came in second.^[1] She described the event in her book, Girl Around The World and penned the screenplay for the 1937 movie Fly Away Baby that starred Glenda Farrell as the Kilgallen-inspired character. During a stint living in Hollywood in 1936 and 1937, Kilgallen wrote a daily column that only could be read in New York that nonetheless provoked a libel suit from Constance Bennett, then a star in Hollywood. Kilgallen evidently befriended or at least won the approval of Jean Harlow as evidenced by an invitation to the ill-fated blonde actress' funeral that survives in memorabilia that the columnist saved for decades and that her widower donated to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film actress. ... Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 - July 24, 1965) was a US actress known as much for her elegant persona as for her acting career. ... Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. ... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 15 acre (61,000 m²) complex of buildings in New York City which serves as home for 12 arts companies. ...

Returning to New York, Kilgallen began in 1938 to write a regular column, The Voice of Broadway, for Hearst's New York Journal-American.^[1] The column, which she wrote until her death in 1965, chiefly featured New York show business news and gossip but also ventured into other topics, including politics. Its success soon led to its syndication to newspapers across the country. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... One of the New York Journals most infamous cartoons, depicting Philippine-American War General Jacob H. Smiths order KILL EVERYONE OVER TEN, from the front page on May 5, 1902. ...

Beginning in 1945, she co-hosted a long-running radio talk show, Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick, with her husband, Richard Kollmar.^[1] Airing live on WOR, an AM station, every morning except Sundays (when a recorded broadcast was aired), the show originated from the couple's Park Avenue apartment and featured the Kollmars talking "over the breakfast table" about news, gossip, their family and interesting people they had met hours earlier at Manhattan clubs and parties. Their three children, Richard Jr., Jill and Kerry, were often included in the conversation. When the family moved from the Park Avenue building to a townhouse (described precisely by one family friend as a "Georgian brownstone") in June of 1952, they set up a room on the fifth floor specifically for the radio broadcasts. Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... WOR is the callsign currently used by one broadcaster in New York, New York, and formerly used by two others: WOR AM WOR-FM is now WRKS-FM WOR-TV is now WWOR-TV This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...

Although WOR promoted itself strictly as a New York City station, there are reports that because its broadcasting tower was bigger than those of other AM stations in the area, some New Englanders and Midwesterners could hear Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick. For example, in 1956 the Kollmars discussed on the air a newspaper article about a Times Square bookseller who had violated a New York City law that required him to keep the sidewalk in front of his store clean. He told the magistrate that obeying the law was difficult in view of another law that prohibited a New Yorker from sweeping a sidewalk after 9:00 a.m. Dorothy did most of the talking during this discussion, although Richard noted that the city government allowed an employee to operate a street sweeper at any time of the day or night. For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation). ... Street sweeper cleaning in the Piaţa Mare (Large Square) in the city of Sibiu, in Romania For the semiautomatic shotgun known as the Street Sweeper, see Armsel Striker also known as the DAO-12. ...

In 1950, Dorothy Kilgallen became a panelist on the American television game show What's My Line?, which aired on the CBS television network from 1950 to 1967. She remained on the show for 15 years, until her death.^[1] The program became a classic television game show, noted for the urbanity of its host and panel members. Kilgallen was typically introduced by the show's announcer as "the popular syndicated columnist whose Voice of Broadway appears in newspapers coast to coast." She brought to her role as panelist New York sophistication, a competitive spirit, keen questioning of guests, and a gleeful appreciation of humorous moments. She sometimes asked a question invented by Steve Allen: "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" (intended to estimate the size of a product made or sold by the contestant). Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Whats My Line? is a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian, and writer who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ...

Kilgallen attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. Her work won her a Pulitzer Prize nomination.^[1] Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

People outside of North America could not watch Kilgallen on What's My Line?. (Many countries launched their own versions of the game to account for differences in culture, the labor market and varying means of television broadcasting.) The program's American success evidently gave officials of the Hearst Corporation such confidence, however, that they circulated The Voice of Broadway to Canada, Europe, Australia, and an English-language newspaper in China. The kinescope of the Line episode that aired live on February 13, 1955 includes an announcement at the beginning that Dorothy Kilgallen's column can be read in Australia. It is not known whether she ever published overseas anything of historical value that American editors refused to publish. Whats My Line? is a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... The Hearst Corporation is a large privately-held media conglomerate based in New York City. ... Kinescope (IPA: ) originally referred to the cathode ray tube used in television monitors. ...

Following the 1951 death of William Randolph Hearst, his empire endured a slow, painful decline heightened by a power struggle between two of his sons and a company executive named Richard Berlin. This situation evidently caused the three men to overlook the controversy Kilgallen provoked under her byline in the New York Journal American until the last day of her life. Even at that late date, the three men operated the newspaper in a filthy, cockroach infested building in Manhattan's Lower East Side, using ancient printing presses. Kilgallen worked out of her home using couriers from Western Union, but she continued to visit the decrepit Journal-American building occasionally. For other people named William Randolph Hearst, see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation) William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. ... One of the New York Journals most infamous cartoons, depicting Philippine-American War General Jacob H. Smiths order Kill Everyone over Ten, from the front page on May 5, 1902. ... Western Union (NYSE: WU) is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. ...

Controversial articles and statements

Dorothy Kilgallen was noted for her newspaper coverage of the 1954 murder trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard.^[1] His case inspired the television show The Fugitive. The New York Journal American carried the banner front-page headline that she was "astounded" by the guilty verdict. The doctor, who was an osteopath, was convicted of bludgeoning his wife Marilyn to death with a blunt instrument at their home in the Bay Village suburb of Cleveland. Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. (1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopathic physician [1] involved in a famous and controversial murder trial when he was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Sheppard. ... The Fugitive is an American television series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963-1967. ... One of the New York Journals most infamous cartoons, depicting Philippine-American War General Jacob H. Smiths order Kill Everyone over Ten, from the front page on May 5, 1902. ... An osteopath is a practitioner of osteopathy the approach to healthcare named, which emphasises the importance of the musculoskeletal system on general health. ... Cleveland redirects here. ...

Many Clevelanders believed Dr. Sam Sheppard was guilty, including the editors of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which carried Kilgallen's syndicated column. Immediately after she wrote about the Sheppard prosecutors, "They didn't prove he was guilty any more than they proved there are pin-headed men on Mars," her column was banned by this newspaper.^{[citation needed]} Clevelanders should have been grateful for what Kilgallen did not publish. As she revealed nine years later at the Overseas Press Club in New York, the judge in the case told her toward the beginning of the trial that Dr. Sheppard was "guilty as hell." When attorney F. Lee Bailey began the long process of overturning Sheppard's conviction, resulting in the osteopath's July 1964 release from prison, he discovered other eyewitness accounts of the judge making up his mind before hearing any testimony or seeing any evidence. The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. ... -1... Bailey made the cover of Time in the late 70s for defending Patty Hearst Francis Lee Bailey, often referred to as F. Lee Bailey (born 1933), is a U.S. lawyer. ...

Arlene Francis, who was Dorothy Kilgallen's fellow panelist on What's My Line, said in 1976, "I thought Dorothy was a marvelous journalist. When she covered something like the Sheppard trial. As opposed to her gossip column."^{[citation needed]} Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian October 20, 1907 - May 31, 2001) was an American actress, radio talk show host and game show panelist of Armenian and Greek descent. ... Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ...

Dorothy Kilgallen was often antagonistic toward Frank Sinatra in her daily column and in the multi-part 1956 feature story "The Frank Sinatra Story" (the latter carried only by Hearst papers). Sinatra took umbrage to this and referred to her publicly as the "chinless wonder."^[1] Ironically, the two had been good friends for several years (two photographs of them rehearsing a radio script in 1948 have been published) until Kilgallen began criticizing Sinatra for his alleged organized crime connections. Kilgallen also had a relationship with the singer Johnnie Ray.^[1] After the power of Broadway columnists started to give way to television commentators and other personalities in the late 1950s, Kilgallen was often parodied by comedienne Hermione Gingold and the editors of MAD magazine, among others. “Sinatra” redirects here. ... Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ... Johnnie Ray from the trailer for one of his few films, Theres No Business Like Show Business (1954) John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927–February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. ... Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. ... Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. ...

In 1961, when country music performers from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry appeared at a concert at Carnegie Hall to benefit New York's Musicians Aid Society, Kilgallen dismissed them as "hicks from the sticks."^{[citation needed]} In her column she advised that "everyone should leave town. The hillbillies are coming."^{[citation needed]} Patsy Cline, one of the headliners, riposted that "Miss Dorothy Kilgallen, the Wicked Witch of the East, called us 'hicks from the sticks'. And if I happen to meet that witch while I'm here, I'll let her know just how proud I am to be a so-called 'hillbilly'!"^{[citation needed]} “Nashville” redirects here. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ... Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... Patsy Cline (b. ...

Kilgallen and the Kennedy assassination

Dorothy Kilgallen conducted an interview with Jack Ruby^[1] shortly before her death, during a recess of his trial for the shooting death of Lee Harvey Oswald. She did not reveal what they talked about before her death.^[1] She obtained a copy of Ruby's testimony to the Warren Commission, although she kept her source for the testimony confidential.^[1] It sparked an FBI investigation into how she obtained it. Jack Leon Ruby (1911 – January 3, 1967) was born Jacob Rubenstein, and changed his name to Jack Leon Ruby in December 1947. ... Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according to two United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. ... Warren Commission report cover page The Presidents Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. ...

Her New York Journal-American column was critical of the Warren Commission while editors at her syndication outlets usually deleted those portions. (Kilgallen acknowledged in 1962 that a newspaper editor had every right to do what he wanted with syndicated material.) For the September 3, 1965 edition of the Journal-American, Kilgallen wrote, regarding the assassination, "That story isn't going to die as long as there's a real reporter alive, and there are a lot of them alive."^[2] She had a history of government criticism, once suggesting that the CIA recruited members of the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro (which many years later was proven to be the case).^{[citation needed]} FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover kept a file on her activities. One of the New York Journals most infamous cartoons, depicting Philippine-American War General Jacob H. Smiths order KILL EVERYONE OVER TEN, from the front page on May 5, 1902. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Warren Commission report cover page The Presidents Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... This article is about the criminal society. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an influential but controversial Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...

During one of Kilgallen's visits to Dallas to cover Ruby's trial for murder, the Dallas Times-Herald ran a short profile of her along with a photograph of her inside the courthouse flanked by the defendant's attorneys Melvin Belli and Joe Tonahill. The article and the caption for the photo both claimed that Kilgallen was preparing articles exclusively for "several European publications" about the events in Dallas.^[3] What those media outlets were is not known. The Kilgallen biography by Ms. Israel does not cite any of them. Kilgallen had at least one show business article published in a German-language magazine called Quick, (in 1964).^[4] Several days before her death, when Esquire asked her what she fantasized about a Hollywood film that conceivably could be made of her life, she noted that she had visited Berlin a few years earlier where a stranger mistook her for Vivien Leigh, whom Kilgallen wanted for the film.^[5] Dallas redirects here. ... The Dallas Times Herald, founded in 1888 by a merger of the Dallas Times and the Dallas Herald, was once one of two major daily newspapers serving the Dallas, Texas (USA) area. ... Melvin Mouron Belli (29 July 1907, Sonora, California - 9 July 1996, San Francisco, California) was a prominent American lawyer known as The King of Torts—and by detractors as Melvin Bellicose. He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, Sirhan Sirhan, Jim and... This article is about the title. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. ...

Overseas

Kilgallen visited Europe frequently in 1964 and 1965, either alone or as a participant in movie junkets. It is not known, however, what she was writing about while overseas, or if she was writing at all. "What's My Line" began prerecording Christmas episodes in 1959 and summer episodes in 1961. For the first time since 1950, Kilgallen and the other series regulars could vacation without anyone having to explain their absences on the air. A few of her comments on entertainment during this late period cross over into other topics, such as her remark in her June 10, 1965 column that The Manchurian Candidate (then 2-1/2 years old) "was a routine melodrama with the plot telegraphed as neatly as if it had been sent by Western Union."^[6] On June 6, 1965, What's My Line? panelist Martin Gabel announced on a live broadcast that Kilgallen had just returned from London, where she had written about the Profumo affair. The movie junket commonly occurs in movie marketing. ... The Manchurian Candidate is a 1959 thriller novel written by Richard Condon, later adapted into films in 1962 and 2004. ... The Profumo Affair was a political scandal from 1963 in the United Kingdom that is named after the then-Secretary of State for War, John Profumo. ...

Reporting on UFOs

Kilgallen wrote at least two columns on unidentified flying objects with sensational statements that are often cited by UFO researchers. UFO redirects here. ...

On February 15, 1954, she commented in her syndicated column, "Flying saucers are regarded as of such vital importance that they will be the subject of a special hush-hush meeting of the world military heads next summer."^[7] This statement is sometimes linked to the alleged secret UFO study group Majestic 12.^{[citation needed]} Majestic-12 (sometimes written simply as MJ-12 or MJ-XII) is the codename of a secret committee, supposedly formed in 1952 to investigate UFO activity. ...

On May 22, 1955, an International News Service (INS) syndicated report from London by Kilgallen stated, "British scientists and airmen, after examining the wreckage of one mysterious flying ship, are convinced these strange aerial objects are not optical illusions of Soviet inventions, but are flying saucers which originate on another planet. The source of my information is a British official of Cabinet rank who prefers to remain unidentified. 'We believe, on the basis of our inquiry thus far, that the saucers were staffed by small men--probably under four feet tall. It's frightening, but there is no denying the flying saucers come from another planet.' " This article, which was separate from Kilgallen's column, appeared on the front pages of the New York Journal American, the Cincinnati Enquirer and other newspapers.^{[citation needed]} International News Service (INS) was a news agency founded by William Randolph Hearst in 1909. ... One of the New York Journals most infamous cartoons, depicting Philippine-American War General Jacob H. Smiths order Kill Everyone over Ten, from the front page on May 5, 1902. ... The Cincinnati Enquirer is a daily morning newspaper published at Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Various attempts to get to the bottom of the story, including by the London news editor of INS, were unsuccessful. Gordon Creighton, editor of the magazine Flying Saucer Review, alleged the information was given to Kilgallen by Lord Mountbatten at a cocktail party, but attempts to verify this were also unsuccessful.^[8] Creighton made his claim after Mountbatten's death. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...

Death

The footstone of Dorothy Kilgallen in Gate of Heaven Cemetery

On November 8, 1965, Kilgallen was found dead in her New York City home at the age of 52 -- just 12 hours after she appeared, live, on What's My Line?. Her hairdresser, Marc Sinclaire, found her when he arrived that morning to style her hair.^[1] She apparently had succumbed to a fatal combination of alcohol and Seconal, perhaps concurrent with a heart attack. It is not known whether it was suicide or an accidental death, although the amount of barbiturate in her system was small enough to suggest an accident.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2288 × 1712 pixel, file size: 896 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)I took this photograph of the footstone at Dorothy Kilgallens grave in Gate of Heaven Cemetery on January 2, 2007. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2288 × 1712 pixel, file size: 896 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)I took this photograph of the footstone at Dorothy Kilgallens grave in Gate of Heaven Cemetery on January 2, 2007. ... The upper entrance to Gate of Heaven Cemetery The new indoor building of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mausoleum Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel and Garden Mausoleum The Gothic Bridge at Gate of Heaven Cemetery The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established... is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Whats My Line? is a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Secobarbital (marketed by Eli Lilly and Company under the brand names Seconal® and Tuinal) is a barbiturate derivative drug. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Death (disambiguation), Dead (disambiguation), Death (band) or Deceased (band). ... Barbituric acid, the basic structure of all barbiturates Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to anesthesia. ...

Owing to her open criticism of the Warren Commission and other US government entities, and her association with Jack Ruby and recent interview with him, some speculate that she was murdered by members of the same alleged conspiracy against JFK or perhaps by people who resented her constant refusal to identify her sources under any circumstances.^{[citation needed]} In August of 1964, she had told FBI agents that she "would die rather than" identify the man who had given her Jack Ruby's testimony to the Warren Commission before President Lyndon Johnson got it.^{[citation needed]} ... For other uses, see Conspiracy theory (disambiguation). ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

There was no evidence of a break-in or a struggle in Kilgallen's bedroom on November 8, 1965, although a biographer named Lee Israel discovered in the 1970s that none of her current story notes were ever found.^{[citation needed]} At the death scene, Kilgallen clutched a book, The Honey Badger by Robert Ruark, in her hand, as if to suggest that she had been reading in bed, but her reading glasses were not in the room.^[1] Kilgallen and Sinclaire had discussed the book some weeks earlier after she had finished it. Moreover, Kilgallen had noted in her column four months earlier (July) that the protagonist of the book dies in the end.^{[citation needed]} Robert Ruark (born December 29, 1915 in Wilmington, North Carolina–died July 1, 1965 in London, England) was an American journalist, traveler, and author. ...

Dorothy's husband Richard, who was also in the five-story townhouse at the time of her death, reported nothing unusual. He slept on a different floor of the townhouse than his wife, however, and he contradicted himself to police about whether he had seen her after her return home from a late-night live television broadcast of What's My Line?. Whats My Line? is a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ...

Her autopsy states she died of a combination of alcohol and barbituates. Her death certificate cites the cause of death as "undetermined." The document was signed by a medical examiner named Dominick DiMaio who covered Brooklyn.^[1] Kilgallen's body was discovered in Manhattan. He typed on the certificate that he was signing it "for James Luke" even though Luke spent 45 minutes at the death scene and conducted the autopsy later that day.^[1] A week passed before the medical examiner's office issued the certificate, but Luke declined an opportunity to sign it even then; it was the same day (November 15, 1965) that he answered questions from newspaper reporters about Dorothy Kilgallen. Both Luke and DiMaio are alive as of 2007.^{[citation needed]} Post-mortem, postmortem and post mortem redirect here. ... Death Certificate is the second solo album from rapper Ice Cube, released by Priority Records on October 29, 1991. ...

After death and legacy

After Kilgallen's death, her husband Richard, then 56, married designer Anne Fogarty, who had created the dress Kilgallen had worn on What's My Line the last night of her life.^[1] She and Richard settled in the very same townhouse but rented out the ground floor to an ophthalmologist for his office. Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases of the eye and their treatment. ...

At the time of her death, Dorothy and Richard had been married for 25 years and left behind three children. Richard died in 1971.^[1] Both are interred in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York, while Anne Fogarty is buried in New York City. Richard and Anne were close with her much-older niece who has said she does not recall either of them expressing interest in the JFK assassination or speculating about what Dorothy had known (even though the niece had been an acquaintance of Dorothy). The ophthalmologist has stated he recalls Anne Fogarty, who was "personable," visiting his office sometimes to discuss landlord/tenant issues, but he never met Richard or the children. Anne, whose age is difficult to determine because of reports that vary by as much as ten years, died shortly after the publication of Lee Israel's book, to which she had not contributed. Information about Anne's work for Dorothy, including the original dresses for her last several episodes of What's My Line?, comes from Dorothy's hairdresser, who knew many designers and Diana Vreeland.^[1] The Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. ... Hawthorne is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York. ... Diana Vreeland (July 29, 1906 in Paris, France – August 22, 1989) was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. ...

On the What's My Line? broadcast following Dorothy Kilgallen's death, host John Charles Daly opened the show explaining that, after consulting with her widower Richard, the show's tribute to her would be to go on as usual. During their usual "goodnight"s, each panel member gave a short tribute to her. Bennett Cerf and Steve Allen reminded viewers that her "line" was a print reporter while Arlene Francis and Kitty Carlisle focused on the impact Dorothy had on their television show. Carlisle's statement "... no one can ever possibly take her place"^{[citation needed]} was prophetic. CBS announced 15 months later the cancellation of not only What's My Line? but Carlisle's own show To Tell The Truth along with Allen's show I've Got A Secret. John Charles Daly on Whats My Line? John Charles Daly (full given name John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly, generally known as John Daly, February 20, 1914 – February 24, 1991), a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, was a journalist, game show host, radio personality, actor, and author. ... Bennett Cerf on Whats My Line?, 1962 Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 - August 27, 1971) was a publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances... Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian, and writer who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian October 20, 1907 - May 31, 2001) was an American actress, radio talk show host and game show panelist of Armenian and Greek descent. ... Kitty Carlisle in Die Fledermaus, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Kitty Carlisle Hart (b. ... Nipsey Russell, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle from the 1969-78 version. ... Ive Got a Secret (abbreviated as IGAS) was a weekly panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television and was created by Allan Sherman as essentially a knockoff of Whats My Line?. The original version of the show premiered in June 19, 1952...

The New York Journal American, which ran Kilgallen's Voice of Broadway column as usual on the day of her death, expired five months later -- a tremendous blow for the Hearst Corporation. During the five months, the newspaper did not publish any remarks from widower Richard, although Dorothy's father Jimmy, still a highly respected reporter at age 77, was quoted as saying she "apparently suffered a heart attack, her first." While Richard remained silent, Jimmy reminisced fondly about her career and girlish quality for the February 1966 issue of TV Radio Mirror. Mr. Kilgallen said he knew nothing about her prescription medication and declined to discuss the assassination.^{[citation needed]} All the way until 1981, he kept working in the Hearst building on Manhattan's Eighth Avenue, but the word in New York journalism circles was "Don't ask Jimmy about his daughter." One of the New York Journals most infamous cartoons, depicting Philippine-American War General Jacob H. Smiths order Kill Everyone over Ten, from the front page on May 5, 1902. ... The Hearst Corporation is a large privately-held media conglomerate based in New York City. ...

For her contribution to the television industry, Dorothy Kilgallen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard. She received the star when she and other powerful show business columnists were honored with some of the first stars on the new Walk of Fame. Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Film credits

• Sinner Take All - 1936, actress
• Fly Away Baby - 1937, screenwriter
• Pajama Party - 1964, uncredited 1964 cameo appearance, although she states in the film, "My name is Dorothy. What's yours?"

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Bibliography

• Kilgallen, Dorothy and Herb Shapiro. Girl Around the World, David McKay Publishing. 1936.
• Kilgallen, Dorothy. Murder One, Random House. 1967. ASIN: B0007EFTJ6

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Further reading

• Israel, Lee, Kilgallen, (Delacorte Press, October 1979)

References

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External links

• Dorothy Kilgallen at the Internet Movie Database
• Dorothy Kilgallen's FBI Files 8 PDF files which are about 4 megabytes each in size.
• Midwest Today magazine profile of Dorothy Kilgallen by Sara Jordan
• Dorothy Kilgallen: Mysterious Death? – Kennedy Assassination Home Page
• Dorothy Kilgallen and the JFK Assassination – Kennedy Assassination Home Page
• Dorothy Kilgallen: bio - alleged connection of Dorothy Kilgallen to death of Marilyn Monroe