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...
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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...
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