Talk:Louella Parsons

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Work needed

This needs a photo, some instances of scandals she discoved or famously reported on, and the article needs to flow more. --Alexs letterbox 07:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Unexpected career success

Didn't her career really take off following the events surrounding the death of Thomas Ince onboard Hearst's steam yacht in November 1924?

I think that deserves a mention.

3rd husband

In the listing under 'Spouses', you say 'Henry W. Martin (1926-1964; his death)'. But in the main article, you say 'They remained married until Martin's death on June 24, 1951.' Valetude (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Defining characteristic

I included this line in my redraft of the lede, as I think it's important to define the particular quality behind the notability: 'Parsons possessed an uncanny gift for sensing scandal, and her dramatic scoops could make or break an actor's career.'

Why has this been deleted? Valetude (talk) 21:25, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

how many newspapers!?

from the article: 'her columns were read by 20 million people in 400 newspapers worldwide'.

However, juxtapose this from the article: 'her Los Angeles Examiner column came to appear in over six hundred newspapers the world over, with a readership of more than twenty-million'.

Can we make up our minds, here? I mean, is it '400 newspapers', or is it 'over six hundred newspapers'?

I might suggest that even 400 is probably an exaggeration.DanLanglois (talk) 06:41, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cite 18

There's an error here. I can't find a 2001 version of Leaming on Worldcat, and the quoted isbn is for David Nasdaw's biography of Hearst. KJP1 (talk) 11:35, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Legal name at start of article

Currently, the article begins with the name she was given at birth, Louella Rose Oettinger. Isn't it Wikipedia practice to use the legal name of the subject upon their death? The photo of the grave marker at Find a Grave shows the name Louella O. (for Oettinger, presumably) Parsons Martin. —⁠71.105.243.101 (talk) 09:39, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]