Walter Winchell

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author gossip columnist human journalist newspaper columnist radio personality

Walter Winchell was a prominent American newspaper and radio gossip columnist whose influential, fast-paced style helped shape 20th-century celebrity journalism and public opinion.

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Walter Winchell canonical 5
Walter Winchell Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
gossip columnist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
newspaper columnist ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park ⓘ
Glendale ⓘ
causeOfDeath prostate cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-04-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-02-20 ⓘ
employer Hearst Communications ⓘ
surface form: Hearst Corporation

New York Daily Mirror ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Winchell ⓘ
fullName Walter Winchell self-link ⓘ
genre celebrity journalism ⓘ
gossip ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
givenName Walter ⓘ
hasChild Edda Winchell ⓘ
Walda Winchell ⓘ
Walter Winchell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walter Winchell Jr.
influenced celebrity journalism in the United States ⓘ
tabloid journalism style ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
medium newspapers ⓘ
radio ⓘ
movement yellow journalism ⓘ
notableFor fast-paced staccato broadcasting style ⓘ
influencing public opinion in mid-20th-century America ⓘ
pioneering modern gossip column ⓘ
notableWork On-Broadway column ⓘ
Walter Winchell’s Journal ⓘ
occupation columnist ⓘ
gossip columnist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
radio commentator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-communist ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse June Winchell ⓘ

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Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Walter Winchell ⓘ
Love and Hisses → hasCastMember → Walter Winchell ⓘ
Ferncliff Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Walter Winchell ⓘ
The Bellboy → narrationBy → Walter Winchell ⓘ
Walter Winchell → fullName → Walter Winchell self-link ⓘ
Walter Winchell → hasChild → Walter Winchell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter Winchell Jr.