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Urn placed in grave by staff. Credit: Joe Conzo, Jr.

Homecoming: Dorothy Parker’s Ashes Buried in New York City

Posted on September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Dorothy Parker has come home to New York. On August 22–the 127th anniversary of her birth–the poet’s cremains were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx beside her parents and grandparents. In a small private ceremony witnessed by less than 12 people, the urn containing Mrs. Parker’s cremains ended a 53-year odyssey. The story was…

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Remember 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Posted on August 28, 2013May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Reading biographies of Dorothy Parker, you’ll see why she left her estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, a man she never met. By some accounts, Dr. King, when informed he had been named the beneficiary in her will in 1967, had no idea who Dorothy Parker was. However, a careful reading of Dorothy Parker’s life…

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Parker and the Baltimore Connection Remembered Today

Posted on June 7, 2012May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

On this date 45 years ago, Dorothy Parker died of a heart attack at age 73 in her apartment on the Upper East Side. Today NPR aired a nice story about Mrs. Parker’s remains ending up in Baltimore. I did speak to the reporter for quite a bit. Here is the rest of the story,…

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Baltimore Sun Story on Dorothy Memorial

Posted on May 31, 2006May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

This front-page story was in the Baltimore Sun on Sunday, May 28. Have a read at this breaking news story! Fans hope writer’s ashes won’t be left in the dust The NAACP is pondering a move to D.C., and some wonder what will happen to Dorothy Parker’s remains By Rob Hiaasensun reporter May 28, 2006…

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BookForum Article on Parker-Hellman History

Posted on March 24, 2006August 9, 2019 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The first major magazine article on Dorothy Parker and her history with Lillian Hellman is in the April issue of BookForum. The story is by Marion Meade, who goes beyond her 1988 book, “Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?” to shed new light on the dysfunction between the two. I have never been a…

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