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Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio gossip commentator.〔Obituary ''Variety'', February 23, 1972, page 71.〕 ==Professional career== Winchell was born in New York City. He left school in the sixth grade and started performing in Gus Edwards's vaudeville troupe known as "Newsboys Sextet". He began his career in journalism by posting notes about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards. He joined the ''Vaudeville News'' in 1920, then left the paper for the ''Evening Graphic'' in 1924, where his column was named ''Mainly About Mainstreeters''. He was hired on June 10, 1929 by the ''New York Daily Mirror'' where he finally became the author of the first syndicated gossip column, entitled ''On-Broadway''. He used connections in the entertainment, social, and governmental realms to expose exciting or embarrassing information about celebrities in those industries. This caused him to become very feared as a journalist, because he would routinely affect the lives of famous or powerful people, exposing alleged information and rumors about them, using this as ammunition to attack his enemies and to blackmail influential people.〔(Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – Find A Grave Memorial )〕 He used this power, trading positive mention in his column (and later, his radio show) for more rumors and secrets. He made his radio debut over WABC in New York, a CBS affiliate, on May 12, 1930.〔(John Dunning, Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, p. 708)〕 The show entitled ‘Saks on Broadway’ was a 15-minute feature that provided business news about Broadway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Winchell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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