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   Walter Winchell was a famous American journalist and radio commentator who wrote a gossip column and exposed scandals and crimes. He was influential in politics, entertainment, and law enforcement, and had a distinctive style of witty and sarcastic news briefs.

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   Learn about Walter Winchell, a U.S. journalist and broadcaster who wrote and spoke with opinionated and witty style. He covered news and gossip, broke stories on Roosevelt's third term, and supported McCarthy and blacklisting.

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4. www.splicetoday.com › politics-and-media › the-riseThe Rise and Fall of Walter Winchell | www.splicetoday.com

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   Jun 23, 2020 · Learn how Walter Winchell, a pioneer of gossip journalism, became a powerful and controversial figure in 20th century America. Explore his rise to fame, his role in the Cold War, and his decline in the TV era.

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6. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersWalter Winchell biography and timeline | American Masters - PBS

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   Sep 15, 2020 · Learn about the life and career of Walter Winchell, a pioneer of gossip journalism and radio commentary. Explore his rise and fall, his influence and controversies, his friendships and enemies.

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   Official website: https://to.pbs.org/3dhKZFa | #AmericanMastersPBSAmerican Masters – Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip traces the life and career of the s...

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   What happened to Walter Winchell?

   • When Walter Winchell died in 1972, there was one mourner at his funeral—his daughter Walda. The journalist’s luster had faded well before he went to his grave, but at his peak two-thirds of the American adult population either read Winchell’s syndicated daily column that ran in over 2000 newspapers or listened to his weekly radio broadcast.

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   Who was Walter Winchell?

   • Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids.

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   Where did Walter Winchell get his first newspaper job?

   • Winchell gets his first newspaper job at the Vaudeville News, a trade paper. PHOTO: Famed gossip columnist, radio newsman, and American patriot Walter Winchell. Winchell’s column “Your Broadway and Mine” debuts in Bernarr Macfadden’s tabloid, the New York Evening Graphic.

   Walter Winchell biography and timeline | American Masters | PBS

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   Who voices Walter Winchell?

   • Winchell’s own words comprise nearly a quarter of our script, voiced on-camera by actor Stanley Tucci. Walter Winchell grew up poor in East Harlem, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He quickly rose from vaudeville hoofer to Broadway blabber by posting gossip about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards.

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9. www.nytimes.com › 1998/11/18 › artsHe Turned Gossip Into Tawdry Power; Walter Winchell, Who ...

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   Nov 18, 1998 · Walter Winchell, who turned gossip into power in his newspaper column and radio program from late 1920's to 50's, proves facinating to filmmakers and writers more than a quarter century after his...

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    Sep 18, 2020 · A documentary film about the pioneer of gossip, celebrity, politics and news, who influenced millions with his columns and radio shows. Learn how he rose and fell from fame, from promoting Roosevelt to McCarthy, from praising Garbo to attacking Baker.