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What a gossipy nut he was. He wrote tons of articles but his greatest contribution was in the donut world....

His papers fromt the NY Public Library

http://www.nypl.org/archives/4756

More:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00507/cah-005...

His tribute to Al Jolson

http://jolsonville.com/eulogies/by-walter-winchell...

Walter Winchell Bio

Winchell's doughnuts, I love it. The articles cited are as good as you'll get for the most part.

Type in his name and add bio after it on google. Then look for his career accomplishments and books he wrote. He was the narrative voice of the old "Untouchables" TV show about Elliot Ness of the treasury and vice enforcement

He did some crazy things but actually opposed Hitler and the Americans who were sympathetic to his party before the war began. He wasn't all bad.