July 28, 2026
Tag: Oscar Wilde
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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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July 17, 2025 3 Comments
When Hollywood stars die young, everyone wants to know why it happens so often. It happens because life is cheap, and Americans are often fickle about who is chosen to be an idol. Thankfully we have postcards to remind us of those who died too young.