Walter Winchell was the forefather of today's gossip columnists. He was the first to find that the public curiosity about the authentically great and famous is exceeded by a vast itch to know all about the truly insignificant. In his frenzy to make the most of this discovery Mr Winchell forced open the doors of the secret lives of every defenceless man or woman who had the misfortune to come within his deadly range.
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Walter Winchell was the forefather of today's gossip columnists. He was the first to find that the public curiosity about the authentically great and famous is exceeded by a vast itch to know all about the truly insignificant. In his frenzy to make the most of this discovery Mr Winchell forced open the doors of the secret lives of every defenceless man or woman who had the misfortune to come within his deadly range.