Dorothy Kilgallen

Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an American journalist and television game show panelist. She started her career early as a reporter for the Hearst Corporation's New York Evening Journal after spending two semesters at The College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York. In 1938, she began her newspaper column, The Voice of Broadway, which eventually was syndicated to more than 146 papers. She became a regular panelist on the television game show What's My Line? in 1950.Kilgallen's columns featured mostly show business news and gossip, but also ventured into other topics such as politics and organized crime. She wrote front-page articles on the Sam Sheppard trial and later the John F. Kennedy assassination.

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Dorothy Kilgallen
Alias (AKA)Kilgallen Dorothy Mae
Birth dateJuly 03, 1913
Birth nameDorothy Mae Kilgallen
Birth place
Chicago
Nationality
United States
Date of deathNovember 08, 1965
Place of death
New York City , Manhattan
Resting place
Hawthorne New York , Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne New York)
Education
College of New Rochelle
Education
Erasmus Hall High School

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