Irv Kupcinet
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Irv Kupcinet (July 31, 1912-November 10, 2003) was a Chicago Sun-Times columnist and television personality based in Chicago, Illinois.
"Kup's Column" was launched in 1943, providing readers with inside items about Hollywood celebrities.
Kup became a pioneer in the TV talk show genre. His program, which was called both At Random and Kup's Show. aired on Saturday nights for 27 years and earned him 15 local Emmy Awards and a Peabody.
Kupcinet published his autobiography, Kup, a Man, an Era, a City, in 1988.
Kupcinet's daughter, actress Karyn Kupcinet, was killed in Hollywood in 1963 in a case which remains unsolved.
External link
- Washington Post obituary (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28481-2003Nov11.html)