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Walter Winchell
Age: 74 (passed away Feb. 20th, 1972)
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Dec. 31st, 1969
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TRIVIA:
- His adopted daughter died of pneumonia.
- 'Robert A. Heinlein' (qv) coined the term "winchell" as a generic description for a politically active gossip columnist.
- Coined the phrase, "America - love it or leave it."
- His son committed suicide.
- His wife's sister was the first wife of comic/writer 'Joey Adams (I)' (qv), later the husband of NYPost Columnist 'Cindy Adams (III)' (qv). (Source: Cindy Adams column, NYPost 9/17/06).
- Is portrayed by 'Stanley Tucci (I)' (qv) in _Winchell (1998) (TV)_ (qv), by 'Joseph Bologna' (qv) in _Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV)_ (qv), by 'Joey Forman' (qv) in _The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) (TV)_ (qv), by 'Craig T. Nelson' (qv) in _The Josephine Baker Story (1991) (TV)_ (qv), by 'Michael Townsend Wright' (qv) in _The Rat Pack (1998) (TV)_ (qv) and by 'Mark Zimmerman (I)' (qv) in _Dash and Lilly (1999) (TV)_ (qv)
- In song, Winchell was often a cynical lyric reference. In the 'Mel Brooks' (qv) Broadway musical "The Producers", later adapted to film as _The Producers (2005)_ (qv), Leo Bloom (played by 'Matthew Broderick (I)' (qv)) sings, "I want to read my name in Winchell's column" during the song "I Want to Be A Producer"; the 'Cole Porter' (qv) composition "Let's Fly Away," include the lines, "Let's fly away/ And find a land that's so provincial/ We'll never hear what Walter Winchell/ Might be forced to say." Pianist 'Buddy Greco' (qv)'s version of "The Lady Is A Tramp" features the lyric "why she reads Walter Winchell and understands every line." Winchell is also mentioned in 'Billy Joel' (qv)'s history-themed song "We Didn't Start the Fire".
- His son died at the age of 33 after shooting himself in the mouth. It was 36 years to the day after his daughter Gloria died.
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