November 16, 2025
Tag: Helene Held
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Three Tragic Lives
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Three women of extraordinary beauty, talent, and wealth whose lives could be the outline for an anthology of tragic short stories are portrayed in this remembrance. Two were dead before age 50, the other shunned by the world. Helene Held, Nance O’Neil, and Gaynor Rowlands are forgotten today but postcard collectors know their faces and…
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The Peppermint Lounge was tucked away in a corner of Times Square. It was not much of a bar, but in 1962 it launched the Twist into international fame. The dance changed the paradigm. Everyone did it!