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词条 Kay Halle
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| birth_name = Katherine Murphy Halle
| birth_date = October 13, 1903
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| death_date = August 7, 1997 (age 93)
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| nationality = American
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| occupation = Journalist
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Radio broadcaster
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Katherine 'Kay' Murphy Halle (October 13, 1903 – August 7, 1997) was a Cleveland journalist, author, radio broadcaster, department store heiress, World War II intelligence operative with the Office of Strategic Services, and intimate confidant and/or mistress of many luminaries of the 20th century, including George Gershwin, Randolph Churchill, W. Averell Harriman, Joseph P. Kennedy, Walter Lippmann, and Buckminster Fuller.[1] She compiled and edited Irrepressible Churchill: A Treasury of Winston Churchill's Wit in 1966.

Biography

Katharine Murphy Halle was born on October 13, 1903 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Blanche (née Murphy) and Samuel Horatio Halle.[2] Her father co-founded the Halle Brothers department store with his brother, Salmon Portland Chase Halle. Her mother was an Irish Catholic and her father Jewish.[2] She attended Smith College and the Cleveland Institute of Music.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Robert McG.|authorlink=Robert McG. Thomas, Jr.|title=Kay Halle, 93, an Intimate of Century's Giants|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/05/letters/obit-halle.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 October 1997}}
2. ^{{Cite web|last= Smith |first=J.Y.|authorlink= |title= Kay Halle, Washington Grand Dame, Dies At 93 |publisher=Washington Post|date=August 12, 1997 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/08/12/kay-halle-washington-grande-dame-dies-at-93/0dc05ce1-d265-4b4e-b74a-208537a768b9/ |accessdate=}}
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