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The Thanksgiving Death of Karyn Kupcinet

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Sixty years ago in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving 1963, 22-year-old Karyn Kupcinet lay dead in her West Hollywood apartment. The daughter of prominent Chicago couple Essee and Irv Kupcinet, Karyn had been living in LA to pursue her dreams of stardom. But Karyn was deeply troubled. Not even her own family knew just how far her depression reached. Addicted to a variety of pills, obsessed with a man who did not return her feelings of love, struggling to make it big in show business...it seemed obvious to her closest friends that Karyn had died by suicide. However, as we all know, things aren't always what they seem...

Episode Sources:

Irv and Karyn Kupcinet

“Karyn Kupcinet Gallery” by Matthew Turk, The Parker Weekly, Dec. 20, 2017

“Death of a Dream: The Karyn Kupcinet Story” “E! True Hollywood Story”, Sep. 29, 1999

“The Lost World of Kup” by Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Magazine, July 11, 2007

“Karyn Kupcinet 1963 death still unsolved” by Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 24, 2013

“Finds Miss Kupcinet Pasted Up One Note” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 5, 1963

The Copper Cow

“Dead in the Wake of the Kennedy Assassination”

“Kup: A Man, An Era, A City” - excerpt, by Irv Kupcinet, Paul G. Neimark, 1988, p.185 - 187

“Legendary Chicago columnist dead at 91” - CNN, Nov. 11, 2003

“Dyer's Pullinsi a stage legend with theatre history” by Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 3, 2019

“Chuck Schaden's Conversations with the Stars Who Made it Golden” - Interview with Irv Kupcinet, Speaking of Radio, Oct. 10, 1977

“For Chicago's 'Town Crier,' the Stories Linger” by Jodi Wilgoren, The New York Times, Aug. 14, 2002

“Stranger Killed Actress on Coast” The New York Times, Dec. 2, 1963

“ESSEE KUPCINET 1915 - 2001” by Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, June 17, 2001

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE, Nov. 11, 2003

“Police Step Up Hunt For Killer Who Strangled Hollywood Actress” Assoc. press, Plattsburgh Press-Republican, Dec. 2, 1963

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Sixty years ago in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving 1963, 22-year-old Karyn Kupcinet lay dead in her West Hollywood apartment. The daughter of prominent Chicago couple Essee and Irv Kupcinet, Karyn had been living in LA to pursue her dreams of stardom. But Karyn was deeply troubled. Not even her own family knew just how far her depression reached. Addicted to a variety of pills, obsessed with a man who did not return her feelings of love, struggling to make it big in show business...it seemed obvious to her closest friends that Karyn had died by suicide. However, as we all know, things aren't always what they seem...

Episode Sources:

Irv and Karyn Kupcinet

“Karyn Kupcinet Gallery” by Matthew Turk, The Parker Weekly, Dec. 20, 2017

“Death of a Dream: The Karyn Kupcinet Story” “E! True Hollywood Story”, Sep. 29, 1999

“The Lost World of Kup” by Carol Felsenthal, Chicago Magazine, July 11, 2007

“Karyn Kupcinet 1963 death still unsolved” by Stephan Benzkofer, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 24, 2013

“Finds Miss Kupcinet Pasted Up One Note” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 5, 1963

The Copper Cow

“Dead in the Wake of the Kennedy Assassination”

“Kup: A Man, An Era, A City” - excerpt, by Irv Kupcinet, Paul G. Neimark, 1988, p.185 - 187

“Legendary Chicago columnist dead at 91” - CNN, Nov. 11, 2003

“Dyer's Pullinsi a stage legend with theatre history” by Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 3, 2019

“Chuck Schaden's Conversations with the Stars Who Made it Golden” - Interview with Irv Kupcinet, Speaking of Radio, Oct. 10, 1977

“For Chicago's 'Town Crier,' the Stories Linger” by Jodi Wilgoren, The New York Times, Aug. 14, 2002

“Stranger Killed Actress on Coast” The New York Times, Dec. 2, 1963

“ESSEE KUPCINET 1915 - 2001” by Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, June 17, 2001

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE, Nov. 11, 2003

“Police Step Up Hunt For Killer Who Strangled Hollywood Actress” Assoc. press, Plattsburgh Press-Republican, Dec. 2, 1963

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