Karyn Kupcinet (March , â€" November , ) was an American stage, film,
and television actress. She was the only daughter of Chicago newspaper
columnist and television personality Irv Kupcinet.Karyn Kupcinet had a
brief acting career during the early s. Eight days after the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, her body was found at her West
Hollywood, California home. With her death officially ruled an
unsolved homicide, and occurring so close to the JFK assassination,
her name has become one of hundreds added to the multiplicity of
theories that emerged after the assassination. In the s, Irv Kupcinet
publicly dismissed the theories linking his daughter to the
president’s death. In , The Today Show referred briefly via a
caption to her alleged connection to the assassination, which prompted
Irv Kupcinet to describe the television broadcast as "an atrocious
outrage" and "calumny". Karyn Kupcinet's death remains officially
unsolved.Kupcinet was born Roberta Lynn Kupcinet in Chicago to Irv
Kupcinet, a sportswriter for the Chicago Daily Times, and his wife,
Esther "Essee" Solomon Kupcinet. She acquired the nickname "Cookie"
during her childhood. She made her acting debut at age in the Chicago
production of Anniversary Waltz, and went on to attend Pine Manor
College for a semester, eventually studying at the Actors Studio in
New York City.
and television actress. She was the only daughter of Chicago newspaper
columnist and television personality Irv Kupcinet.Karyn Kupcinet had a
brief acting career during the early s. Eight days after the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, her body was found at her West
Hollywood, California home. With her death officially ruled an
unsolved homicide, and occurring so close to the JFK assassination,
her name has become one of hundreds added to the multiplicity of
theories that emerged after the assassination. In the s, Irv Kupcinet
publicly dismissed the theories linking his daughter to the
president’s death. In , The Today Show referred briefly via a
caption to her alleged connection to the assassination, which prompted
Irv Kupcinet to describe the television broadcast as "an atrocious
outrage" and "calumny". Karyn Kupcinet's death remains officially
unsolved.Kupcinet was born Roberta Lynn Kupcinet in Chicago to Irv
Kupcinet, a sportswriter for the Chicago Daily Times, and his wife,
Esther "Essee" Solomon Kupcinet. She acquired the nickname "Cookie"
during her childhood. She made her acting debut at age in the Chicago
production of Anniversary Waltz, and went on to attend Pine Manor
College for a semester, eventually studying at the Actors Studio in
New York City.
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