“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes.”
Walter Winchell (American Journalist)
Date of Birth:
April 7, 1897
Date of Death:
February 20, 1972
Walter Winchell was an American newspaper and radio commentator. He invented the gossip column while at the New York Evening Graphic. He broke the journalistic taboo against exposing the private lives of public figures, permanently altering the shape of journalism and celebrity. He was a top gossip reporter, whose newspaper column and radio show could make or break a celebrity.