Hedda Hopper’s Death – Cause and Date

The journalist Hedda Hopper died at the age of 80. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Hollywood gossip columnist and rival of film critic and fellow gossip writer Louella Parsons. Her “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” column, which eventually fed the anti-communist hysteria of the McCarthy era by naming alleged communists, first appeared in the Los Angeles Times in the late 1930s.

She married actor DeWolf Hopper in 1913; together, they raised an actor son, William Hopper.

Quotes

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“Nobody’s interested in sweetness and light.” (Hedda Hopper)

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“And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.” (Hedda Hopper)

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“At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.” (Hedda Hopper)

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“Dancing came easy to me.” (Hedda Hopper)

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“She looks like she combs her hair with an egg beater.” (Hedda Hopper)