DIED. Jessica Dragonette, seventyish, soprano queen of the air waves during 22 consecutive years as a radio star; of a heart attack; in New York City. A convent-educated orphan, Dragonette began on Broadway as the backstage voice of an angel in Max Reinhardt's 1924 hit, The Miracle. She ascended to stardom after moving to radio in 1926, beginning as NBC's Coca-Cola Girl in radio's first original musical serial, then introducing operetta to the medium on Philco Radio Time and later starring in Cities Service Concerts and CBS's Saturday Night Serenade.
DIED. Admiral Robert...
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