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Karyn Kupcinet

Karyn "Cookie" Kupcinet (March 6, 1941-November 28, 1963) was a young actress who was murdered in a case that remains unsolved. It is often speculated that her death was connected to the JFK assassination, though there is no proof of this connection.

Kupcinet, the daughter of Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet, starred in a handful of minor roles, including a small part in the 1961 Jerry Lewis film The Ladies Man. She was last seen alive on the night of Wednesday, November 27, the day before Thanksgiving. Her nude body was found on Saturday November 30 on her couch in her West Hollywood apartment. The coroner concluded that she had been strangled and had been dead about three days.

The connection to JFK's assassination was first made by conspiracy theorist Penn Jones. An Associated Press story reported that an operator overheard a female caller from the area of Oxnard, California say "The President is going to be killed" about 20 minutes before the assassination. Jones, in his book Forgive My Grief II, moved the call 50 miles south to Los Angeles and the date of Kupcinet's death to November 24 and claimed that Kupcinet was the caller. Other authors, while often correcting Jones' errors, have also claimed Kupcinet's death was related to the JFK assassination, but left unexplained is why she would call from Oxnard and how she had advance knowledge of the assassination.

After her name appeared on a 1992 Today Show broadcast on a list of "mysterious deaths" connected to the JFK assassination, her father wrote in his column that linking her to JFK’s killing was "an atrocious outrage...Karyn no longer can suffer pain by such an inexcusable mention, but her parents and her brother Jerry can."

Further reading

John Austin, Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries. New York: Ace, 1970.


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New York: Ace, 1970. Sylvia Lopez is interred in the Cimetičre du Montparnasse in Paris. John Austin, Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries. Diagnosed with leukemia, Lopez died while working on the set of Voulez-vous danser avec moi?, a French film with Brigitte Bardot. After her name appeared on a 1992 Today Show broadcast on a list of "mysterious deaths" connected to the JFK assassination, her father wrote in his column that linking her to JFK’s killing was "an atrocious outrage...Karyn no longer can suffer pain by such an inexcusable mention, but her parents and her brother Jerry can.". As Sylvia Lopez, she made her first of two French-language films following which she appeared in several Italian swashbucklers with American stars such as Steve Reeves and Lex Barker that were commercially successful and for which she received favorable reviews. Other authors, while often correcting Jones' errors, have also claimed Kupcinet's death was related to the JFK assassination, but left unexplained is why she would call from Oxnard and how she had advance knowledge of the assassination. In November of 1956 she became the second wife of the French composer Francis López.

Jones, in his book Forgive My Grief II, moved the call 50 miles south to Los Angeles and the date of Kupcinet's death to November 24 and claimed that Kupcinet was the caller. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States. Appearing under the name "Sylvia Sinclair", Bernt earned enough exposure to attract the attention of film producers. An Associated Press story reported that an operator overheard a female caller from the area of Oxnard, California say "The President is going to be killed" about 20 minutes before the assassination. Born Tatjana Bernt, in Austria, she was raised in Paris, France where she began a career in modelling. The connection to JFK's assassination was first made by conspiracy theorist Penn Jones. Sylvia Lopez, born in 1931 - died November 20, 1959, was a European model and actress. The coroner concluded that she had been strangled and had been dead about three days. Baratin (1956).

Her nude body was found on Saturday November 30 on her couch in her West Hollywood apartment. Tabarin (1958). She was last seen alive on the night of Wednesday, November 27, the day before Thanksgiving. Herod the Great (originally: Erode il grande). Kupcinet, the daughter of Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet, starred in a handful of minor roles, including a small part in the 1961 Jerry Lewis film The Ladies Man. Il Moralista (1959). It is often speculated that her death was connected to the JFK assassination, though there is no proof of this connection. Son Of The Red Corsair (1959) (originally: Il Ercole Figlio del corsaro rosso).

Karyn "Cookie" Kupcinet (March 6, 1941-November 28, 1963) was a young actress who was murdered in a case that remains unsolved. Hercules Unchained (1959) (originally: Ercole e la regina di Lidia).