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Her dad, james, was a highlyrespected reporter for the hearst newspaper chain. About dorothy kilgallen the reporter who knew too much. The mysterious death of whats my line tv star and media icon dorothy kilgallen by mark shaw 336 pages post hill press, 2016 isbn. At the time, this determined female reporter was investigating the assassinations of john f. Was whats my line tv star, media icon, crack investigative reporter and journalist dorothy kilgallen murdered for writing a tellall book about the jfk assassination.
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