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Unsolved November 8, 1965 Suspicious Death

Dorothy Kilgallen

Status Unsolved
Type Suspicious Death
Date November 8, 1965
Location New York City, New York
Victim Age 52
Gender Female

Celebrity journalist Dorothy Kilgallen was found dead of an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates in her New York townhouse. She had been publicly investigating the JFK assassination and the Jack Ruby murder trial. Some researchers suspect foul play, though the death was officially ruled accidental.

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