John Daly deserved a longer obituary in my opinion. He had a long career in radio and TV journalism, covered wars and foreign events, was an important figure in the early days of TV news, as well as his other activities.
I'm a fan of all of them and the original What's My Line? It's poignant to see that the newscasters reporting their deaths have also all now passed away. Life is fleeting.
The entire ,original panel and moderator were absolutely entertaining ! They were polite witty and funny ! Bennett Cert was a very ,very smart man ! He always a the smile of a 5 year older that was up to something or just learned something new ! They were all intelligent people! They were talented too ! The end of an era ! Arlene Francis was on the new " Ehats My Line " in the 1970s , but it was not the same ! The show was a great Sunday night family show !
I have been watching the program and I have to say that I never laughed so hard at all their witty remarks. I especially liked the way that they treated every single person who came on the show. This was the time when manners were so special.
Hear, hear! Lovely manners, clothes, hair, accoutrements all. Just stunning to see them all when they were introduced, walking out with so much grace, and they also had humility which added extra charm. Very down to earth people.
Yes so true , now people go out in their pajamas. And have no respect for their elders. I still call people older than me Mr. & Mrs. Or Sir & Madam and I'm almost 60 .I Wish I had their vocabulary, it's so nice to hear the English language the way it should be R.I.P To All
During this pandemic, I have been watching a lot of "What's my Line"! Dorthy Kilgallen was exceptionally good at this game, any wonder! But, so were Bennett Cerf and Arlene Francis! John Daly was the perfect moderator! I love his little word games that end up in..."that's a NO"! Flip! the panel member knew they had been had... sorta of!😁 Seat #2 at times seemed to be the comic relief chair and they did have some pretty funny people occupy it! All in all, this WAS and still IS a great show! Thanks for this info video!
I just started watching What's My Line about 9 months ago. I love it! it's pretty addictive game show. And when you're watching it, it's pretty hard to picture them as being dead.
That's the beauty of these archives and helps redeem RUclips. We don't _have_ to face the reality that they're no longer with us, because here, they _are_ with us. I used to love this show as a young kid growing up in the 60s, for many of the reasons articulated here. Pure class up and down; no inflated egos, intelligent panelists, palpable love of country and of people, especially their contemporaries on this show. One tends only to regret that they never got to meet these wonderful people in person and count as friends; but we have them here, and I hope just by watching them we're giving them a smile from Heaven. Thank you all, panel and John -- we'll never forget you and what you contributed to American culture.
I agree with all the comments, this is what the country used to be like. I especially like their good sense of humor and how very respectful they were towards all the contestants no matter what their line was. I wish our sense of dignity would come back. Frankly I don’t like today, too ugly and deceitful and too prone to be cruel.
So do I. I would always talk my mother into letting me stay up and watch it on Sunday, in black and white. It didn't start until 8PM Mountain Time (Utah) and that was my bedtime while I was in grade school.
God bless all three of you some of my favorite people ever in history. Been watching a lot of reruns on RUclips of What's My Line. What a fantastic show. So much love between all of them
I'm watching the November 7th 1965 episode of what's My line, right now. That's the final episode Dorothy kilgallen appeared on before her death. Great lady, very smart.
TheWriterWalker and this is why I don’t understand the human race. We are only here for a short time but some of us want to cause as much trouble and hatred as possible. Our beautiful planet has enough for everyone but a lot of humans want more than their share. Much more than they could possibly use in several life times.
@@Celisar1, I can no more paint all celebrities with the same brush than I can do so to non-famous folk. I believe there are altruistic individuals in all classes.
@@susanb2015 ... You've been infected by the mainstream leftist media and their consistent focus on the minority of evildoers in our society. They rarely ever report on the good acts of people. I suggest you STOP watching the news.
Now just look at that iconic, thought provoking picture @ 01:47. I've just recently discovered "What's My Line" on youtube and I already miss these people. I'm a bit morose looking at it but paradoxically happy at the same time for having getting to know them. These were such great people.
I’ve only just recently come across the American version of What’s My Line on RUclips, and they are wonderful! Lots of fun, and a chance to see how folk dressed so nicely in those days, as well as the respectful tones of John Daly formally calling the panel members Mr or Mrs. In the UK, we had a similar programme, but I don’t remember watching that or if the same formality was shown to the panel.
I find it so odd that all three of them died in a year that ended with the number 1. It's just random, but it's so incredible how long they all lived. I wish we still had people like them today.
@JohnJApanovitch. Bennett Cerf was 73 years-old when he died on August 28, 1971 - so he lived a long, but not exceptionally long, life. John Charles Daly was 77 years-old when he died on February 26, 1991. Dorothy Kilgallen was only 52 when she was murdered on November 8, 1965. So of the 5 stars of the original "What's My Line?" TV game show, only Arlene Francis lived a very, very long life when she died at 93 years-old on June 1, 2001.
The three panelists & host pictured together at the end of this video (Arlene, Bennett, Dorothy, John) were my favorites. They went together so well on “What’s My Line?” Love them all 👍🏻👏🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🥰‼️ Oh! And can’t forget my other favorite panelist, Steve Allen 👍🏻👏🏻🌟🥰‼️
@@dianefiske-foy4717 Hal Block was a comedian panelist before Bennett Cerf came in more permanently. He wasn't great at the game but had great personality for the show.
Coming back to this page, there were several episodes of WML where the mystery guess was Peter Gabel, Arlene's son with Martin Gabel and a couple of eps where he was the mystery guest along with Christopher Cerf, Bennett's son. And each time, none of the panel guessed who they were talking to. Just classic TV from that era..
This is so poignant, indeed! Thank you so much for compiling and posting this. All giants. SUCH UPHOLDERS OF STANDARDS! May you all Rest in Honored Peace, you wonderful people. 💚🐬🐸🦅🌲🌳🌲🌺🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲😍 xo, Virginia Hammer @ Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ
a Gian of Culture of XX century ...my first english literature book was one of Random House by Mister Bennet Cerf..Arlene,Daly,Dorothy what marvellous charming peopl to discover thanks to RUclips
I have been enjoying all the utube postings of what’s my line, quite witty panelists who really seemed to enjoy their program and who had such great sense of humor. One classy program.
One thing wasn't mentioned in the report of Arlene Francis' passing....she was the first woman in history to host a TV game show (Blind Date in 1949)Betty White later became the first woman to host a daytime game show and win a Emmy for it (Just Men which ran on NBC in 1983)
Prior to John Charles Daly anchoring the news on ABC, the network had a nightly news program entitled All Star News. Pauline Frederick was one of the anchors before she transferred to NBC News.
I was very impressed with John Daly--wig and all. ;) A superb gentleman and nice looking, also. I did envy him more then I should have. Just so darn classy.
This show was a time capsule. A cornerstone of history. We met the Colonel Sanders in his white suit, and no one guessed what he did. Neil Armstrong's parents appeared hours after he blasted into space. The first governor of Alaska, and the inventor of the theremin. No one had even seen or heard one before. This show could never work today.
And who could forget how her eyes would light up when a tall, handsome contestant would walk out? She looked like she wanted to devour them. Check out the WML episode with Frank Gifford.
I understand that"What's My Line" had a green room well-stocked with liquor. There are a few episodes when Miss Francis was obviously bombed, and she was absolutely hilarious!! Arlene Francis was a woman of wit and talent combined with a warm, gentle soul.
It would be harder to come by because Vanderbilt News Archives didn't start preserving evening newscasts until August 1968. The networks at that point weren't archiving the regular newscasts, only big event coverage.
@@ebf1957 Gemini 8, I believe. Dave Scott and Neil Armstrong. Or, it may have been Gemini 6, Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra - engine shutdown on the pad, seconds after the boosters fired but the computer shut them down. Those guys could have easily been killed had it not been for the quick action of Schirra deciding not to arm the ejection seats which would have sent them flying into the Florida scrub. It successfully launched soon after.
Supposedly, Douglas Edwards of CBS reported Ms. Kilgallen's death on a mid afternoon newscast that immediately followed a recorded appearance she had made on "To Tell The Truth."
Excellent video. I was around when these obits were broadcast but I was to busy with school and then a career and raising a family to have noticed. Thanks.
These were great people and unfortunately there are no more like them. This was a wonderful generation people born around 1900 . My mom's 98 and she was part of the last great generation. They just did what they had to do and didn't complain about it. You didn't miss work and they didn't whine about how unfair the country is. They didn't feel entitled they went out and work for what they got.
St John 3:16! 💓 We are ONLY BORN to fall in love with JESUS, THEN go Home to live with HIM FOREVER. NO OTHER REASON! JESUS is RETURNING SOON! ALLELUIA! 🙏🙌
The sad irony of life: all three of the newscasters here, who are reporting the three celebrity deaths, are now dead themselves. No one has ever cheated death; live for now.
Arlene’s trademark jewelry was her beautiful heart-shaped diamond necklace. I was sad to read that it was stolen from her on streets of New York, I believe.
She was badly beaten too. A broken collar bone (or arm ??) as well as multiple cuts and bruises. What a sad thing. I hated that so bad. There are people who have diamond jewelry with those stones, and who’s got what will never be known.
That color photo is NOT of Arlene Francis. It's Claire Trevor. It's from a photo of Claire and Arlene standing together, and how sad they couldn't tell them apart. They chose wrong, cropped Arlene out, and used Claire's photo. Claire's photo also ran in newspapers at the time as "Arlene Francis" with Arlene's obituary. Once the second most famous woman in the nation (after Eleanor Roosevelt, in the 50's) and when she died she was so forgotten nobody recognized her.
I knew there was something odd about that photo... I just found a picture of Arlene & Claire and realised I had seen the picture of Claire on this video!
Unacceptable! Every person who overlooked that incorrect photo should have been fired. Makes Ed Bradley look incompetent. He obviously didn’t care enough to check before broadcasting! Shows complete disrespect for Arlene, that no one cared enough to ensure the accuracy of the report! The saving grace is that Arlene was such a class act, she probably would have simply laughed it off.
They are all gone now. The movie The Field of Dreams were all the baseball players come back to life, walking out of the corn field once more, that is my wish for them. I would cry like a baby only if we could
Is that really Arlene in the color photo shown during her obituary at 1:14? Looking at it closely, I can see how the features match up with those of the younger Arlene in the right-hand picture, but I've never seen that color photo before, and my first thought was that it doesn't look like her.
Every time I see Arlene's diamond heart pendant, a gift from her husband Martin Gabel, I'm reminded how it was stolen from her upon exiting a cab in a mugging in 1988. It's so iconic as you never saw her without it. He had died two years prior in 1986 and the loss of it must have been traumatic for her.
Newscasts prior to 1968 are not available. Plus, since WML did a tribute show for her the focus of this was to note what happened to the other principals after the show was cancelled.
I think frankly if ABC hadn't at that particular point been airing an expanded hour long newscast because of the Persian Gulf War at the time, they wouldn't have even found time just for the fifteen seconds they gave him. John had been out of the public eye for so long and WML reruns hadn't started on GSN yet that he was a mostly forgotten figure (plus, there is little to no extant footage of John anchoring at ABC which would have made doing a report tougher. It's not surprising they just relied on a WML clip).
@@epaddon Considering how many network archives were dumped by all of them, we're extremely lucky just to have surviving WML kinescopes (more likely saved by Mark Goodson instead of CBS).
Dorothy Kilgallen was our favorite, Bennett Cerf did an interview in the late 1960s (google 'notable new yorkers') where he said she was the odd one out. They excluded her due to political differences and her proclivity to put personal info she heard in informal moments on set into her columns. Also said Dorothy was the only one who took the game seriously, and he did not mean that as a compliment. I now like Bennett less than I did...
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John Daly deserved a longer obituary in my opinion. He had a long career in radio and TV journalism, covered wars and foreign events, was an important figure in the early days of TV news, as well as his other activities.
I agree.
@@williamvasilion7448 Me too! 💚* 🙏🏼
It was a newscast announcing his death, not a Biography With Mike Wallace.
I'm a fan of all of them and the original What's My Line? It's poignant to see that the newscasters reporting their deaths have also all now passed away. Life is fleeting.
How right you are ..
Yeah that blows my mind. Bennett was witty and funny. I’m glad John embraced him and Arlene.
Im also a fan of them all…love them! Mike Wallace irked me though!
It most certainly is 😢
I loved how Arlene's eyes smiled! I thought how classy and beautiful she was.
I agree. She was an incredibly elegant lady.
The entire ,original panel and moderator were absolutely entertaining ! They were polite witty and funny ! Bennett Cert was a very ,very smart man ! He always a the smile of a 5 year older that was up to something or just learned something new ! They were all intelligent people! They were talented too ! The end of an era ! Arlene Francis was on the new " Ehats My Line " in the 1970s , but it was not the same ! The show was a great Sunday night family show !
I so wish this country could go back that way. Heck I'd even take the seventies that's when I grew up. A simpler time and a better time
I have been watching the program and I have to say that I never laughed so hard at all their witty remarks. I especially liked the way that they treated every single person who came on the show. This was the time when manners were so special.
Absolutely wonderful time,it must have been.😀
Hear, hear! Lovely manners, clothes, hair, accoutrements all. Just stunning to see them all when they were introduced, walking out with so much grace, and they also had humility which added extra charm. Very down to earth people.
Yes so true , now people go out in their pajamas. And have no respect for their elders. I still call people older than me Mr. & Mrs. Or Sir & Madam and I'm almost 60 .I Wish I had their vocabulary, it's so nice to hear the English language the way it should be R.I.P To All
Every gentleman stood up to greet the ladies who came over to meet the panel.
Loved the show and the panelists, especially Dorothy Kilgallen . After her death the show was never the same .
she was murdered in my opinion.
@@essile_1938 I think a great many people would agree with you.
Never the same, I agree, but not less funny or smart.
Thomas Lombardo It got cheesy later on.
@tinwoods I don't personally believe that she was murdered; but of course, we'll never know with any certainty.
Arlene Francis was pure class.
She was a beautiful Lady! I adored her. And Dorothy Kilgallen, as well. This show hosted the who's-who of New York socialites!
Mar Thivierge the entire show was class along with Dorothy kilgallen, Bennett Cerf and John Daly. During the golden age of television.
I loved her and still do...
She was indeed and so quick-witted on WML. I've only recently started watching the show on here and love it.
She was, indeed!
During this pandemic, I have been watching a lot of "What's my Line"!
Dorthy Kilgallen was exceptionally good at this game, any wonder!
But, so were Bennett Cerf and Arlene Francis! John Daly was the perfect moderator! I love his little word games that end up in..."that's a NO"! Flip! the panel member knew they had been had... sorta of!😁
Seat #2 at times seemed to be the comic relief chair and they did have some pretty funny people occupy it!
All in all, this WAS and still IS a great show! Thanks for this info video!
I agree; they all worked together flawlessly, and Daly trapping them and then, "do you work in an office?" ......... NO !! flip..
Yes I did the same. And I tell you it pulled me right through the lockdown.😊
Now that’s what I call maintaining your sanity, @ scorpius and ted ~~~
They were intelligent, witty and entertaining people 🙏🏻
RIP Arlene on this the 19th anniversary of your passing. Hope they have WML in heaven
I just started watching What's My Line about 9 months ago. I love it! it's pretty addictive game show. And when you're watching it, it's pretty hard to picture them as being dead.
That's the beauty of these archives and helps redeem RUclips. We don't _have_ to face the reality that they're no longer with us, because here, they _are_ with us. I used to love this show as a young kid growing up in the 60s, for many of the reasons articulated here. Pure class up and down; no inflated egos, intelligent panelists, palpable love of country and of people, especially their contemporaries on this show. One tends only to regret that they never got to meet these wonderful people in person and count as friends; but we have them here, and I hope just by watching them we're giving them a smile from Heaven. Thank you all, panel and John -- we'll never forget you and what you contributed to American culture.
I agree with all the comments, this is what the country used to be like. I especially like their good sense of humor and how very respectful they were towards all the contestants no matter what their line was. I wish our sense of dignity would come back. Frankly I don’t like today, too ugly and deceitful and too prone to be cruel.
Just sad missing them all. Such great talent and wonderful people
I still watch "What's My Line" on RUclips..I remember when it first started on TV..
So do I. I would always talk my mother into letting me stay up and watch it on Sunday, in black and white. It didn't start until 8PM Mountain Time (Utah) and that was my bedtime while I was in grade school.
I've been watching so many episodes on You Tube. This show rocked and I still get a kick out of it!!!
@@bandfromtheband9445 Me too. I just came across it maybe 2 months ago and can't stop watching. I just love them. They have become part of my day...
It's really a timeless show
I only started watching it, not even a year ago. I'm on 1962 right now. I love it! (it's a pretty addictive game show)
God bless all three of you some of my favorite people ever in history. Been watching a lot of reruns on RUclips of What's My Line. What a fantastic show. So much love between all of them
@Hunter B. y?
I'm watching the November 7th 1965 episode of what's My line, right now. That's the final episode Dorothy kilgallen appeared on before her death. Great lady, very smart.
The thing I liked best about what's my line is they were ladies and gentlemen...Dressed properly and
their name plates reading Mr. or Miss.
I’m so fond of all of them!😢I bet they get together up there!🦁
P.
Plenty of newcomers are send up there.
Dorothy Kilgallen would remark about some jobs:
'I've never heard of such a thing!'
Three classy, gracious, smart and dignified entertainers. I miss that level of personality today.
A sobering reminder that death comes even to those who live and give in a large way.
TheWriterWalker and this is why I don’t understand the human race. We are only here for a short time but some of us want to cause as much trouble and hatred as possible. Our beautiful planet has enough for everyone but a lot of humans want more than their share. Much more than they could possibly use in several life times.
TheWriterWalker
Please note that celebrities don’t “give” but “make” in a large way. They don’t do what they do for altruistic reasons.
@@Celisar1, I can no more paint all celebrities with the same brush than I can do so to non-famous folk. I believe there are altruistic individuals in all classes.
@@retrobilly1986, what a smart observation you have made. I also don't understand greed.
@@susanb2015 ... You've been infected by the mainstream leftist media and their consistent focus on the minority of evildoers in our society. They rarely ever report on the good acts of people. I suggest you STOP watching the news.
Now just look at that iconic, thought provoking picture @ 01:47. I've just recently discovered "What's My Line" on youtube and I already miss these people. I'm a bit morose looking at it but paradoxically happy at the same time for having getting to know them. These were such great people.
I’ve only just recently come across the American version of What’s My Line on RUclips, and they are wonderful! Lots of fun, and a chance to see how folk dressed so nicely in those days, as well as the respectful tones of John Daly formally calling the panel members Mr or Mrs. In the UK, we had a similar programme, but I don’t remember watching that or if the same formality was shown to the panel.
I think John Daly's thoughts on Bennett's passing were beautiful. A man who gave so much joy and got so much back certainly died a happy man.
I find it so odd that all three of them died in a year that ended with the number 1. It's just random, but it's so incredible how long they all lived. I wish we still had people like them today.
I had never noticed that!
@JohnJApanovitch. Bennett Cerf was 73 years-old when he died on August 28, 1971 - so he lived a long, but not exceptionally long, life. John Charles Daly was 77 years-old when he died on February 26, 1991. Dorothy Kilgallen was only 52 when she was murdered on November 8, 1965. So of the 5 stars of the original "What's My Line?" TV game show, only Arlene Francis lived a very, very long life when she died at 93 years-old on June 1, 2001.
The three panelists & host pictured together at the end of this video (Arlene, Bennett, Dorothy, John) were my favorites. They went together so well on “What’s My Line?” Love them all 👍🏻👏🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🥰‼️ Oh! And can’t forget my other favorite panelist, Steve Allen 👍🏻👏🏻🌟🥰‼️
I never realized Steve Allen was so funny, like he is in WML, I remember him mainly from his show in the 70s.
Hal was the greatest
@@mrcoiganable2988 … Hal who? I don’t remember a Hal? Probably saw him but just don’t remember.
@@dianefiske-foy4717 Hal Block was a comedian panelist before Bennett Cerf came in more permanently. He wasn't great at the game but had great personality for the show.
Coming back to this page, there were several episodes of WML where the mystery guess was Peter Gabel, Arlene's son with Martin Gabel and a couple of eps where he was the mystery guest along with Christopher Cerf, Bennett's son. And each time, none of the panel guessed who they were talking to. Just classic TV from that era..
@@BruceArmstrong65 Johnny Olson was great in it.
Nice to see him having fun/
Great talents. Arlene's smile sparkled all of them were cool grown ups.
Even the anchors reporting the deaths in this video have since died
Was my first thought too.
@guru-in-drag Does people dying of old age freak you out?
I was thinking the same thing as I watched this.
@guru-in-drag wow, didnt realize that til I read it
That hit me when Peter Jennings was on. Sad. 🙁
This is so poignant, indeed! Thank you so much for compiling and posting this. All giants. SUCH UPHOLDERS OF STANDARDS! May you all Rest in Honored Peace, you wonderful people. 💚🐬🐸🦅🌲🌳🌲🌺🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲😍 xo, Virginia Hammer @ Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ
That's sad. I read that she went to live with her son, who was a college professor, there in San Francisco. May she rest in peace. Amen.
Her son Peter is a wonderful intelligent and kind man who is doing a lot to keep her memory alive and carry on her legacy of kindness and charm.
HER FATHER IS ARMENIAN. 🤔🤔🤔
a Gian of Culture of XX century ...my first english literature book was one of Random House by Mister Bennet Cerf..Arlene,Daly,Dorothy what marvellous charming peopl to discover thanks to RUclips
I love watching this reruns of What's my line. Rip you all
Gone but not forgotten. RIP
Thank you for putting this together.
I love WML. Good clean humor and manners. It is a shame today's TV doesn't have the same.
And sadly, her husband Martin Gabel, passed away 15 years earlier in 1986.
Wonderful people golden age of television. Sunday night's in the USA must never have been the same. RIP 😀♥️😀
I remember seeing John Daly on the ABC News. Don't figure out my age. LOLOLOLOL.
I would say you are probably a baby boomer like me. :)
Wonderful people who brightened our lives.
I have been enjoying all the utube postings of what’s my line, quite witty panelists who really seemed to enjoy their program and who had such great sense of humor. One classy program.
This had to be classiest show ever seen on tv, The 3 men always wore tuxedos and the 2 women evening gowns.
One thing wasn't mentioned in the report of Arlene Francis' passing....she was the first woman in history to host a TV game show (Blind Date in 1949)Betty White later became the first woman to host a daytime game show and win a Emmy for it (Just Men which ran on NBC in 1983)
Honestly who cares about that? All that matters is quality.
Such a terrific show. With classy panelists.
She also got robbed of that heart pendant that her husband, Martin Gabel, gave to her as a wedding anniversary gift.
I heard about that, in 1986. Did she get it back?
Loved the show very much indeed.
Prior to John Charles Daly anchoring the news on ABC, the network had a nightly news program entitled All Star News. Pauline Frederick was one of the anchors before she transferred to NBC News.
Excellent. Thank you for the video.
I am so sad I just loved 😍 😢 every one on the show they made WML the best to watch, I will miss them all God Bless
I was very impressed with John Daly--wig and all. ;)
A superb gentleman and nice looking, also.
I did envy him more then I should have.
Just so darn classy.
So sad that Arlene Francis had alzheimers disease. She was smart as a whip on WML.
Unfortunately sometimes when you live in her 90s horrible diseases take over😢
What an irony that she was so witty, and she died of a disease that affects the brain.
This show was a time capsule. A cornerstone of history. We met the Colonel Sanders in his white suit, and no one guessed what he did. Neil Armstrong's parents appeared hours after he blasted into space.
The first governor of Alaska, and the inventor of the theremin. No one had even seen or heard one before.
This show could never work today.
And who could forget how her eyes would light up when a tall, handsome contestant would walk out? She looked like she wanted to devour them. Check out the WML episode with Frank Gifford.
I understand that"What's My Line" had a green room well-stocked with liquor. There are a few episodes when Miss Francis was obviously bombed, and she was absolutely hilarious!! Arlene Francis was a woman of wit and talent combined with a warm, gentle soul.
Dorothy Kilgallen died in the late 1960's. I guess there was NO NEWS show that announced her death.
@@tumarbongrox6074
She died Nov 8, 1965.
@@mynamedoesntmatter8652 Dorothy Kilgallen died in 1965 ; Miss Francis in 2001.
What a team and they are all still gaining a new audience in modern day times.
Arlene and Bennet seemed like such nice people!
I wished I could have met and known these wonderful people
Arlene Francis was also on "Match Game", also with Brett Summers and Charles Nelson Reilly.
Thank you! I wonder if there is coverage of Dorothy's death out there somewhere
It would be harder to come by because Vanderbilt News Archives didn't start preserving evening newscasts until August 1968. The networks at that point weren't archiving the regular newscasts, only big event coverage.
I was in third grade when I heard of Dorothy's death. It was during a Gemini spaceflight that had to be scrubbed.
Andrew, I was wondering about the same thing. But I just read the responses you have received, and that satisfies my curiosity.
@@ebf1957 Gemini 8, I believe. Dave Scott and Neil Armstrong. Or, it may have been Gemini 6, Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra - engine shutdown on the pad, seconds after the boosters fired but the computer shut them down. Those guys could have easily been killed had it not been for the quick action of Schirra deciding not to arm the ejection seats which would have sent them flying into the Florida scrub. It successfully launched soon after.
Supposedly, Douglas Edwards of CBS reported Ms. Kilgallen's death on a mid afternoon newscast that immediately followed a recorded appearance she had made on "To Tell The Truth."
Excellent video. I was around when these obits were broadcast but I was to busy with school and then a career and raising a family to have noticed. Thanks.
They were such classy people. Sad how we have lost such dignity and grace from society.
I watched this show every Sunday night @ 10:30 it seemed they all had a lot of fun on this show and it made me laugh .
I loved all the panel and the moderator John Charles Daly, but Bennett Cerf held a special place in my heart.
It's too bad that ABC News didn't do a full story about their longtime anchorman.
I MISS THEM ALL😢😘😢. Grew up watching WML❣️😘😢
The women and men were so very special❣️🌹
Now I am old...getting ready to pass on😘🌹
No words to describe their stunning and natural unaffected talent.
😢Love these people..They are missed.
These were great people and unfortunately there are no more like them. This was a wonderful generation people born around 1900 . My mom's 98 and she was part of the last great generation.
They just did what they had to do and didn't complain about it. You didn't miss work and they didn't whine about how unfair the country is. They didn't feel entitled they went out and work for what they got.
May angels tenderly cradle them in heaven 🙏
St John 3:16! 💓
We are ONLY BORN to fall in love with JESUS, THEN go Home to live with HIM FOREVER. NO OTHER REASON! JESUS is RETURNING SOON!
ALLELUIA! 🙏🙌
What’s that mumbo jumbo got to do with this thread?
Loved this show ❤️🇬🇧
No they are still there in the studio doing WML ❣❣❣
Some nice, talented people for sure, God Bless them...
The sad irony of life: all three of the newscasters here, who are reporting the three celebrity deaths, are now dead themselves.
No one has ever cheated death; live for now.
We must all prepare for the next life while we are here. Death is but a door to the next one.
Nena Nadal If there is a next one. I believe there is not, but admit that there’s no means to prove that idea.
does it make you feel important to skip lines so people have to scroll down your comment to see everything you've typed? sad...just sad.
nowvoyagerNE I do it to irritate you. Let me know when you start pulling your hair out.
Like Paul Newman said in "Hud", "No one gets out of life alive."
Great stuff here, 71, 91, and 01, kind of strange dates...
And Dorothy Kilgallen in 65 (6+5=11)
Maybe the 81 would have been for Dorothy if she had lived.
And Hal Block in 1981
Arlene, Arlene, Arlene, Arleeeeeeene please just make me laugh because you can...
Arlene’s trademark jewelry was her beautiful heart-shaped diamond necklace. I was sad to read that it was stolen from her on streets of New York, I believe.
Yep but it was a double stab for Arlene...she was robbed very shortly after Martin Gabel died, and he'd given her that necklace decades before.
She was badly beaten too. A broken collar bone (or arm ??) as well as multiple cuts and bruises. What a sad thing. I hated that so bad. There are people who have diamond jewelry with those stones, and who’s got what will never be known.
@@mynamedoesntmatter8652 terrible, what a lady she was.
Bennett died WAY too young!!! So did John Daly!
Probably smokers!
Men in those times never lived until their 80s.
The Last Warrior I wouldn’t say that John Adams lived to like 93 in the 1700s.
Fred Allen definitely died way too young.
Poor Dorothy Kilgallen died younger than all of them.
They were the best the original fab 4 RIP ❤😀❤😀
A gem of this was a later in life pic of Arlene. Classy almost too the end.
The picture CBS used in the obituary was actually a picture of Claire Trevor. They goofed when preparing the report.
Arlene Francis was a classy classy lady. I loved her. And she just got prettier as the years went on.
That color photo is NOT of Arlene Francis. It's Claire Trevor. It's from a photo of Claire and Arlene standing together, and how sad they couldn't tell them apart. They chose wrong, cropped Arlene out, and used Claire's photo. Claire's photo also ran in newspapers at the time as "Arlene Francis" with Arlene's obituary. Once the second most famous woman in the nation (after Eleanor Roosevelt, in the 50's) and when she died she was so forgotten nobody recognized her.
I knew there was something odd about that photo... I just found a picture of Arlene & Claire and realised I had seen the picture of Claire on this video!
Unacceptable! Every person who overlooked that incorrect photo should have been fired. Makes Ed Bradley look incompetent. He obviously didn’t care enough to check before broadcasting! Shows complete disrespect for Arlene, that no one cared enough to ensure the accuracy of the report! The saving grace is that Arlene was such a class act, she probably would have simply laughed it off.
especially awkward since it was her network (CBS) that made the error
They are all gone now. The movie The Field of Dreams were all the baseball players come back to life, walking out of the corn field once more, that is my wish for them. I would cry like a baby only if we could
Coincidentally all three died in a year that ended with a 1.
1971, 1991 and 2001.
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Umm...no...
Yea I thought that too.... Weird. Except the 91-01 part of 10 years
Steve Allen was in 2000
Well close enough....
Is that really Arlene in the color photo shown during her obituary at 1:14? Looking at it closely, I can see how the features match up with those of the younger Arlene in the right-hand picture, but I've never seen that color photo before, and my first thought was that it doesn't look like her.
A lot of people are saying they used a picture of Claire Trevor which could well be correct. Clearly the CBS people pulled the wrong photo for that.
It's Claire Trevor !
Why would they do that !!!! OMG!!
epaddon That’s big mess up!
Classy folks!
Peter Jennings' report on John Daly's passing was fittingly brief and respectful.
Every time I see Arlene's diamond heart pendant, a gift from her husband Martin Gabel, I'm reminded how it was stolen from her upon exiting a cab in a mugging in 1988. It's so iconic as you never saw her without it.
He had died two years prior in 1986 and the loss of it must have been traumatic for her.
And so common. That was the beauty of the show.
"What's My Line" was on CBS.
No clipped air cast for Dorothy Kilgallen?? Extraordinary she would be left out since she was there from the very beginning in 1950. RIP all.
Newscasts prior to 1968 are not available. Plus, since WML did a tribute show for her the focus of this was to note what happened to the other principals after the show was cancelled.
@@epaddon thank you for the information
Insane how it was 1971, 1981, and 2001.
Classier times for sure.
You would have thought that ABC News would have had a segment on John Daly's death, not just a short story.
I think frankly if ABC hadn't at that particular point been airing an expanded hour long newscast because of the Persian Gulf War at the time, they wouldn't have even found time just for the fifteen seconds they gave him. John had been out of the public eye for so long and WML reruns hadn't started on GSN yet that he was a mostly forgotten figure (plus, there is little to no extant footage of John anchoring at ABC which would have made doing a report tougher. It's not surprising they just relied on a WML clip).
@@epaddon Considering how many network archives were dumped by all of them, we're extremely lucky just to have surviving WML kinescopes (more likely saved by Mark Goodson instead of CBS).
Even the reporters Wallace, Jennings and Bradley are all deceased .
The deceased announcing the demise of colleagues.
Oh wow! Never seen this.
Love, love, love Bennett Cerf!
Dorothy Kilgallen was our favorite, Bennett Cerf did an interview in the late 1960s (google 'notable new yorkers') where he said she was the odd one out. They excluded her due to political differences and her proclivity to put personal info she heard in informal moments on set into her columns. Also said Dorothy was the only one who took the game seriously, and he did not mean that as a compliment. I now like Bennett less than I did...
He could be an ass at times. No one's perfect. 😝
The photo of Arlene Francis is not Arlene Francis (or at least the woman featured prominently in the foreground). It’s Claire Trevor.
Yes, that's been pointed out. CBS goofed when they took a picture of Arlene and Claire together and used the wrong person from the shot.
Suzy Knickerbocker passed away in 2016.
The show is still as funny and clever as ever, some 50 years later. Great people. I also like the fact that they were absolutely colour blind.
Those were the days, the Class days🧐