Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesDorothy Kilgallen with her competitors, Leo Kieran, and H.R. Dr. Michael Baden, who later became the citys chief medical examiner, told a prior author, Lee Israel, that the dosage in Kilgallens bloodstream was the stunning equivalent of 15 to 20 100-milligram Seconal capsules. Then J.F.K. The columnist also drank increasingly and came to use barbiturates to help her sleep. Dorothy Kilgallen was the daughter of James Kilgallen, a colorful and popular newspaperman with the Hearst Corporation. She was on record as being skeptical of the official JFK assassination reports. Candee, Marjorie Dent, ed. So Kilgallen remains difficult to catalogue. "Kilgallen was found dead on the 3rd floor of the 5-story apartment on Nov. 8, 1965, by her hairdresser, Marc . Dorothy Kilgallen. Inside The Mysterious Death Of Dorothy Kilgallen, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much. At the age of 23, her fame and popularity grew when she participated . Widely considered one of the greatest comedians of all time, Lucille Ball created an early television charac, Carroll, Diahann 1935 Retweets. She never divulged who gave her the transcript, vowing, Id rather die than reveal the source.. After completing two semesters at The College of New Rochelle, she dropped out to take a job as a reporter for the New York Evening Journal. Beginning in 1959, the series was not always telecast live. She'd walk into a trial and the prosecutor would ask for her autograph for his wife or the judge would send out greetings. The New York City blackout happened the day after Dorothy's deathNovember 9, 1965. //