* 1999 – U. S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.

Since 1990, he has been voiced by Jim Cummings ( who is also the voice of Pooh ), with the exception of Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin ( 1997 ), A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving ( 1998 ), and Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine For You ( 1999 ), in which Winchell reprised the role of Tigger.

The film tells the story of powerful newspaper columnist J. J. Hunsecker ( portrayed by Lancaster and clearly based on Walter Winchell ) who uses his connections to ruin his sister's relationship with a man he deems inappropriate.

James Wong Howe: Cinematographer, a 1973 documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials with Howe, a new video interview with film critic and historian Neal Gabler ( Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity ) about legendary columnist Walter Winchell, inspiration for the character J. J. Hunsecker, and a new video interview with filmmaker James Mangold about Mackendrick, his instructor and mentor.

Walter Winchell credited Guinan with opening the insider Broadway scene and cafe society to him when he was starting as a gossip columnist.

Guinan returned to the screen with two sound pictures, playing slightly fictionalized versions of herself as a speakeasy proprietress in Queen of the Night Clubs ( 1929 ) and then Broadway Through a Keyhole ( 1933, written by Winchell ) shortly before her death.

On July 18, 2008, Ron Winchell opened another restaurant in North Las Vegas with plans to open up 2 more restaurants within a few months.

By the 1930s, Winchell was " an intimate friend of Owney Madden, New York's No. 1 gang leader of the prohibition era ", but " in 1932 Winchell's intimacy with criminals caused him to fear he would be ' rubbed out ' for ' knowing too much.

Winchell feuded with New York radio host Barry Gray, whom he described as " Borey Pink " and a " disk jerk ".

Winchell and Magee successfully kept the secret of their nonmarriage, but were struck by tragedy with all three of their children.

( The syndicated Atom Ant, Secret Squirel and Gulliver episodes had a rotation of eight repeating clips edited into them, with Paul Winchell redubbing Fleegle's voice to introduce various cartoon segments.

Two soldiers, one a sergeant ( voiced by Daws Butler ) and the other a private ( voiced by Paul Winchell ), racing in an army tank / jeep hybrid with a small steamroller ‘ s wheel attached to the front.

During 1950s, Winchell hosted children's and adult programs with his figures for NBC Television, and later for syndication.

Winchell ( often with Jerry Mahoney ) was a frequent guest panelist on What's My Line?

Jarvik worked jointly with Kolff on the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, a self-contained, integrated pneumatic unit based on previous designs, particularly those of Paul Winchell.

Holand renewed public interest with an article enthusiastically summarizing studies that were made by geologist Newton Horace Winchell ( Minnesota Historical Society ) and linguist George T. Flom ( Philological Society of the University of Illinois ), who both published opinions in 1910.

The term was coined by Minnesota State Geologist Newton Horace Winchell during his pioneering investigations of the Precambrian Biwabik Iron Formation of northeastern Minnesota owing to its superficial resemblance to iron-bearing rocks from the Taconic Mountains of New York, with which he was familiar.

On July 5, 1999, Private First Class Barry Winchell, 21, of 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat in his barracks.

Apparently the motive was punishing Winchell for falling in love with Calpernia Addams, a transsexual showgirl.

Mr. Magon was agreeable, and Winchell named his creation Jerry Mahoney, by way of thanks.

In 1957, DeLugg joined the cast of the Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney show.

* The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show ( cast member, 1953 – 54 )

Winchell played several onscreen characters, including Knucklehead Smiff's father, Bonehead Smiff.

Winchell would then say, " Let's see who's right with the light!

Lyon around: Columnist Walter Winchell, well and rat-a-tat-tatty again, wheeled thru town between trains yesterday en route to his Phoenix, Ariz., rancho, portable typewriter in hand.

* 1897 – Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist ( d. 1972 )

Walter Winchell and other writers continued to use the name in the 1940s and 1950s.

In 1935, American radio commentator Walter Winchell coined the term " disc jockey " ( the combination of disc, referring to the disc records, and jockey, which is an operator of a machine ) as a description of radio announcer Martin Block, the first announcer to become a star.

Barry Winchell, apparently motivated by anti-gay bias, President Clinton issued an executive order modifying the Uniform Code of Military Justice to permit evidence of a hate crime to be admitted during the sentencing phase of a trial.

* After Runyon's death, his friend and fellow journalist, Walter Winchell, went on his radio program and appealed for contributions to help fight cancer, eventually establishing the “ Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund ” to support scientific research into causes of, and prevention of cancer.

The Men Who Invented Broadway: Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell & Their World.

When Walter Winchell, one of the original gossip columnists and the most powerful entertainment reporter of his day, left the newspaper for the Hearst syndicate, Sullivan took over as theatre columnist.

His column, ' Little Old New York ', concentrated on Broadway shows and gossip, as Winchell's had and, like Winchell, he also did show business news broadcasts on radio.

Again echoing Winchell, Sullivan took on yet another medium in 1933 by writing and starring in the film Mr. Broadway, which has him guiding the audience around New York nightspots to meet entertainers and celebrities.

Sullivan continued writing for The News throughout his broadcasting career and his popularity long outlived that of Winchell.

Frank Costello helped encourage this view by feeding Hoover, " an inveterate horseplayer " known to send Special Agents to place $ 100 bets for him, tips on sure winners through their mutual friend, gossip columnist Walter Winchell.

* 2002 – Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur ( b. 1915 )

Sheehy's Guide is less international in its scope than Walford: " It seems that Walford is a somewhat better balanced work than Winchell, and is certainly much more comprehensive "-- American Reference Books Annual, quoted in Walford, A. J.

by I. G. Mudge ; 7th & 8th by C. M. Winchell )

** Walter Winchell, American journalist ( b. 1897 )

** Walter Winchell, American broadcast journalist ( d. 1972 )