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Aug 6, 2023

Philip Graham Laid to Rest, President Attends Service

Aug. 6, 1963 - President Kennedy and other national leaders paid final tribute today to Philip Graham, publishing executive. About 2,000...

Aug 3, 2023

Philip Graham, CEO of Washington Post, Commits Suicide

Aug. 3, 1963 - Philip L. Graham (pictured right in 1961), president and CEO of The Washington Post and chairman of the board of Newsweek...

Apr 9, 2023

Wife of Igor Cassini Dies of Overdose

Apr. 9, 1963 - Mrs. Charlene Wrightsman Cassini, wife of Igor Cassini, the society columnist, died in New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital...

Apr 5, 2023

Sobbing Truck Driver, World War II Vet, Saved from Suicide

Apr. 5, 1963 - A sobbing truck driver was pulled to safety from his precarious perch on a railing of the Manhattan Bridge today as he was...

Mar 17, 2023

Actress Mercedes McCambridge Takes Overdose, Condition “Fair”

Mar. 17, 1963 - Mercedes McCambridge (pictured right with Claire Trevor in 1950 after winning Best Supporting Actress for “All the King’s...

Dec 18, 2022

Psychiatrist: Heavyweight Boxer Eddie Machen “Dangerous to Himself”

Dec. 18, 1962 - Heavyweight boxer Eddie Machen (pictured in 1960 with his manager Sid Flaherty) is so mentally disturbed that he is...

Dec 13, 2022

Heavyweight Eddie Machen Goes Berserk in Mental Hospital

Dec. 13, 1962 - Heavyweight fighter Eddie Machen (pictured) knocked two hospital attendants unconscious and injured a third in a wild and...

Dec 12, 2022

Heavyweight Eddie Machen Taken Into Custody as Attempted Suicide

Dec. 12, 1962 - Third-ranked heavyweight boxer Eddie Machen (pictured in July) was taken into custody by the California State Highway...

Sep 11, 2022

Dr. Soblen Dead Following Barbiturate Overdose

Sept. 11, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen died this morning in Hillingdon Hospital near London from effects of the overdose of drugs he took...

Sep 6, 2022

Dr. Soblen Takes Overdose of Barbiturates, Condition “Serious”

Sept. 6, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen (pictured left last year) swallowed an overdose of barbiturates today and was taken unconscious to a...

Aug 21, 2022

Ex-Nazi Mass Murderer Hangs Himself in Prison

Aug. 21, 1962 - Hermann Höfle (pictured last year), facing trial in Vienna on charges of participating in the mass slaughter of Jews in...

Aug 17, 2022

L.A. Coroner Calls Monroe a “Probable Suicide”

Aug. 17, 1962 - The coroner of Los Angeles, Dr. Theodore J. Curphey (center), announced today that Marilyn Monroe’s death was probably a...

Aug 17, 2022

(VIDEO) Press Conference on the Death of Marilyn Monroe

Aug. 17, 1962 - Los Angeles county coroner Theodore Curphey, flanked by psychiatrist Robert Litman and psychologist Norman Farberow,...

Aug 16, 2022

French Film Star Bella Darvi Overdoses on Barbiturates in Monte Carlo

Aug. 16, 1962 - Bella Darvi (pictured), the French motion picture actress, was found unconscious before dawn today in her hotel room in...

Aug 13, 2022

Rash of New York Suicides Follow Monroe Death

Aug. 13, 1962 - Two days ago in New York City, a twenty-eight-year-old woman drowned herself in a bathtub on East Tenth Street, a laborer...

Aug 8, 2022

Aug. 8, 1962 - Lee Strasberg's Eulogy at Marilyn Monroe's Funeral

Aug. 8, 1962 - Actors Studio Director Lee Strasberg, who had befriended and coached Marilyn Monroe in recent years, delivered the eulogy...

Aug 8, 2022

Lee Strasberg Delivers Monroe’s Eulogy

Aug. 8, 1962 - Lee Strasberg (left) of the Actor's Studio, who had befriended and coached Marilyn Monroe, wept today before delivering...

Aug 8, 2022

Marilyn Monroe Buried in Hollywood

Aug. 8, 1962 - A brief, simple service was held today for Marilyn Monroe at the Westwood Village Funeral Chapel in Hollywood. She was...

Aug 7, 2022

DiMaggio Bars Hollywood Stars from Monroe Funeral

Aug. 7, 1962 - Plans were completed today to try to make Marilyn Monroe’s funeral tomorrow as simple as possible. Only a small number of...

Aug 6, 2022

Soviet Government Newspaper Blames “Monstrous” Hollywood for Monroe Death

Aug. 6, 1962 - Izvestia, the official Soviet Government newspaper, reported today that the death of Marilyn Monroe was “something bigger...