One of the few times the gentlemen wore regular black ties,

was the first episode after Dorothy Kilgallen had died.

Mark Shaw is an author who has written at least three books about Dorothy Kilgallen, Marilyn Monroe and JFK that has quite a lot of information that showed that their deaths could have been something other than what everyone was led to believe.  If you are interested, you can find more about these books and this author at this site: 

https://www.thedorothykilgallenstory.org/home.html

(the above address is not a link that can be "clicked" on)

My former loft will become the 

What's My Line? game show room

Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis, Bennet Cerf and John Daly

on

What's My Line?

Dorothy Kilgallen

July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965

 Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. After spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle, she started her career shortly before her 18th birthday as a reporter for the Hearst Corporation's New York Evening Journal. In 1938, she began her newspaper column "The Voice of Broadway", which was eventually syndicated to more than 140 papers.In 1950, she became a regular panelist on the television game show What's My Line?, continuing in the role until her death.

Kilgallen's columns featured mostly show business news and gossip, but also ventured into other topics, such as politics and organized crime. She wrote front-page articles for multiple newspapers on the Sam Sheppard trial and, years later, events related to the John F. Kennedy a.s.s.as.sination, such as testimony by Jack Ruby.

On November 8, 1965, Kilgallen was found dead in her Manhattan townhouse located at 45 East 68th Street. Her death was determined to have been caused by a combination of alcohol and barbiturates. The police said there was no indication of violence or suicide. According to New York City medical examiner James Luke, the circ.u.mstances of her death were undetermined, but emphasized that "the overdose could well have been accidental".

Her Funeral Ma.s.s took place on November 11 at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in Manhattan; John Daly, Arlene Francis, What's My Line? producer Mark Goodson, Betty White, Ed Sullivan, Joseph E. Levine, and Bob Considine were among the 2,600 people attending. Coverage of the funeral in the New York Journal-American, where she had worked, included "Mrs. Bennett Cerf" (Phyllis Fraser), among the notable people who attended. She was interred at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York.

Arlene Francis and Dorothy Kilgallen:

Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe & Dorothy Kilgallen