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In song, Winchell was often a cynical lyric reference. In the Mel Brooks Broadway musical "The Producers", later adapted to film as The Producers (2005), Leo Bloom (played by Matthew Broderick) sings, "I want to read my name in Winchell's column" during the song "I Want to Be A Producer"; the Cole Porter composition "Let's Fly Away," include the lines, "Let's fly away/ And find a land that's so provincial/ We'll never hear what Walter Winchell/ Might be forced to say." Pianist Buddy Greco's version of "The Lady Is A Tramp" features the lyric "why she reads Walter Winchell and understands every line." Winchell is also mentioned in Billy Joel's history-themed song "We Didn't Start the Fire".

Is portrayed by Stanley Tucci in Winchell (1998), by Joseph Bologna in Citizen Cohn (1992), by Joey Forman in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980), by Craig T. Nelson in The Josephine Baker Story (1991), by Michael Townsend Wright in The Rat Pack (1998) and by Mark Zimmerman in Dash and Lilly (1999)

Winchell announced his retirement on February 5, 1969, citing the tragedy of his son Walter Jr.'s suicide as a major factor, while also noting the delicate health of his wife. Exactly one year later, she died at a Phoenix hospital while undergoing treatment for a heart condition.

He was an actor and writer, known for College Confidential (1960), Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933) and Telephone Time (1956). He was married to Rita Greene.

The columnist played by Burt Lancaster in the movie Sweet Smell of Success (1957) is somewhat loosely based on Winchell.

He was to star in Okay America! (1932) as himself in his own biopic, but he dropped out due to a busy schedule. Lew Ayres played him.

He was the most powerful and feared gossip columnist and radio commentator in America in the 1930s and 1940s. He briefly attempted a movie career in the 1930s. (In his youth he had been a minor Vaudeville singer.)

Wife Rita was a former vaudeville partner. They separated within a few years, not divorcing until 1928. By this time he had been living for years with June Magee who had given birth to his child Walda. The couple had three children in all, and each marked by tragedy.

Daughter Gloria born and adopted c. 1924. Daughter Eileen Joan "Walda" Winchell born March 21, 1927. Son Walt, Jr. born July 26, 1935.

Walter Winchell was born on April 7, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA as Walter Winchel.