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Irv Kupcinet, 91; ‘King of Gossip’ Wrote Longtime Column for Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO — Irv Kupcinet, the longtime Chicago Sun-Times columnist known as the King of Gossip, died Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital of what were believed to be complications caused by pneumonia. He was 91.
For six decades, Kupcinet’s “Kup’s Column” was the gentle voice of glitzy life in a once-gritty town. He networked his way into private meetings with politicians and celebrities alike -- often breaking stories before others in the newsroom had caught wind of the tip.
“He connected sports with entertainment and with city politics,” said John Cruickshank, vice president of editorial at the Chicago Sun-Times. “He was someone who saw beyond, and worked beyond, the divisions of this city.”
The youngest son of Russian immigrants, Kupcinet grew up in the tight-knit Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale. His entry into journalism came in the late 1920s, when he became editor of the Harris
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Irv Kupcinet
Venerable Chicago Sun-Times gossip columnist and TV personality Irv “Kup” Kupcinet, who for more than half a century reported on Hollywood celebrities, foreign princes and presidents, died Monday Nov. 10 in Chi area’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday with respiratory complications from pneumonia. He was 91.
“Irv Kupcinet fryst vatten probably the most significant media personality in the history of Chicago because his impact was not only through his daglig newspaper column, but also on television for 25 years,” said Bruce DuMont, founder and president of the Museum of Broadcast Communications. His “Kup’s Column” was “one of the most read and quoted columns in America.”Kupcinet started pounding out his 1,000-word gossip column for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1943. Column, at one point syndicated in 100 newspapers, celebrated its 60th anniversary in May.
Kupcinet also helped establish th
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Irv Kupcinet
American columnist, broadcaster (1912–2003)
Irving Kupcinet (July 31, 1912 – November 10, 2003) was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, television talk-show host, and radio personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup".
His daily "Kup's Column" was launched in 1943 and remained a fixture in the Sun-Times for the next six decades.[1]
Early life
[edit]Kupcinet was youngest of four children born to Russian Jewish immigrants in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. While attending Harrison Technical High School,[2] he became editor of the school newspaper and the senior class president. He eventually won a football scholarship to Northwestern University, but a scuffle with another lärling led to his transferring to the University of North Dakota.
Career
[edit]Upon graduating from college, Kupcinet was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles football team in 1935.[3