Karyn KupcinetKaryn "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 readingJohn Austin, Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries. New York: Ace, 1970. This page about Karyn Kupcinet includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Karyn Kupcinet News stories about Karyn Kupcinet External links for Karyn Kupcinet Videos for Karyn Kupcinet Wikis about Karyn Kupcinet Discussion Groups about Karyn Kupcinet Blogs about Karyn Kupcinet Images of Karyn Kupcinet |
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New York: Ace, 1970. She is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Although Gable remarried, he was buried next to her. John Austin, Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries. Its producers decided to cut part of the film in which her character asks, "What can happen in a plane?". 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.". Her final film, To Be or Not to Be, was in post-production at the time of her death. 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. The Liberty ship SS Lombard was named for her, and Gable attended its launching on January 15, 1944. 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. Roosevelt, who admired her patriotism, declared her the first woman killed in the line of duty during the war and posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 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. Just before boarding the plane in Indiana, she addressed her fans, saying "Before I say goodbye to you all, come on and join me in a big cheer! V for Victory!" President Franklin D. The connection to JFK's assassination was first made by conspiracy theorist Penn Jones. Carole Lombard was killed in a airplane crash in Nevada when returning from a war bond tour in 1942. The coroner concluded that she had been strangled and had been dead about three days. She married Clark Gable in 1939. Her nude body was found on Saturday November 30 on her couch in her West Hollywood apartment. She married actor William Powell in 1931; they divorced two years later. She was last seen alive on the night of Wednesday, November 27, the day before Thanksgiving. It was a comedy, My Man Godfrey (1936) for which she received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. 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. Carole Lombard became one of Hollywood's top comedy actresses in the 1930s. It is often speculated that her death was connected to the JFK assassination, though there is no proof of this connection. In 1930 she began working as for Paramount Pictures. Karyn "Cookie" Kupcinet (March 6, 1941-November 28, 1963) was a young actress who was murdered in a case that remains unsolved. She became a well known actress and managed to make a smooth transition to sound films, starting with High Voltage (1929). She also worked for Mack Sennett and Pathé Pictures. In 1925 she was signed as a contract player with 20th Century Fox. In some of her early movies she was credited as Jane Peters, and then as Carol Lombard. In the 1920s she worked in several low-budget productions. She made her film debut at the age of 12 in A Perfect Crime (1921) (There has been some speculation that she was actually a few years older than her given birthdate). She was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 - January 16, 1942) was an American actress. |