Walter Winchell Biography

Walter Winchell biography

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NAME: Walter Winchell
OCCUPATION: Radio Personality, News Anchor, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: April 07, 1897
DEATH DATE: February 20, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
Originally: Walter Winchel

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Walter Winchell was a TV and radio personality whose news reports brought him a huge audience and great influence from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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Profile

Walter Winchell had a weekly radio program from 1932 until the early 1950s, during which time he was a prolific phrasemaker, noted for his Broadway idioms. As a full-time gossip columnist, he moved to the New York Daily Mirror, where his widely syndicated column appeared until 1963. He also served as the unseen narrator of the television drama series The Untouchables (1959–63).