Dorothy Kilgallen
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| Born |
Dorothy Mae Kilgallen July 3, 1913 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1965 (aged 52) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Apparent alcohol and drug combination overdose |
| Resting place |
Gate of Heaven Cemetery Hawthorne, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Erasmus Hall High School |
| Alma mater | The College of New Rochelle |
| Occupation | Media personality, author, journalist, panelist |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Kollmar (m. 1940–65) (her death) |
| Children | 3 |
Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an American journalist and television game show panelist. She started her career shortly before her 18th birthday as a reporter for the Hearst Corporation's New York Evening Journal after spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle. 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.
Kilgallen, born in Chicago, was the daughter of newspaper reporter, James Lawrence Kilgallen (1888–1982) and his wife, Mae Ahern (1888-1985). She was Roman Catholic. Dorothy had one sibling, a sister six years her junior named Eleanor (1919-2014). The family moved to various regions of the United States until 1920, when the International News Service hired James Kilgallen as a roving correspondent based in New York City. The family settled in Brooklyn, New York. After completing two semesters at The College of New Rochelle, Kilgallen dropped out to take a job as a reporter for the New York Evening Journal. The newspaper was owned and operated by the Hearst Corporation, which also owned International News Service, her father's employer.
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