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William Richard "Billy" Wilkerson (September 29, 1890 – September 2, 1962) was the founder of the ''Hollywood Reporter'',〔 〕 the Flamingo Hotel〔 〕 and owner of such nightclubs as Ciro's. He was also responsible for discovering actress Lana Turner across the street from Hollywood High School.〔(Biographical Information )〕 In 1946 he began a series of columns in the ''Hollywood Reporter'', listing suspected Communist sympathizers; "Billy's List" provided the foundation for what became the Hollywood blacklist. ==Personal life== Wilkerson was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 29, 1890. He began to study medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but when his father died leaving extensive gambling debts, Wilkerson quit school to support himself and his mother. He became a compulsive gambler himself, but quit when his son was born in October 1951. Wilkerson had been in relatively poor health throughout the latter half of the 1950s due to decades of excessive smoking. He continued to head ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and write his daily ''Tradeviews'' column until his death. Wilkerson died of a heart attack on September 2, 1962, at his Bel-Air home, one day before the ''Hollywood Reporter''′s 32nd anniversary. He is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. Wilkerson was married six times. His wives were: * Helen Durkin - probably around 1913 or 1914 - probably New York or Fort Lee, New Jersey - Durkin died in the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918. * Edith Gwynn Goldenhorn - June 22, 1927 - Los Angeles, CA - August 7, 1935 - Cd. Juárez, Mexico * Rita Ann Seward - September 30, 1935 - Las Vegas - May 9, 1938 - Los Angeles, CA * Estelle Jackson Brown - December 12, 1939 - Las Vegas, NV - August 13, 1942 - Reno, NV * Vivian DuBois - May 9, 1946 - Las Vegas, NV - March 14, 1950 - Los Angeles, CA * Beatrice Ruby Noble - February 23, 1951 - Phoenix, AZ - His death 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「William R. Wilkerson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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