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   Don Freeman to Bill Gill   
   Re: Dinah Shore + black baby?   
   06 Feb 18 17:01:53   
   
   From: freemand@cosmoslair.com   
      
   On 1/18/2018 6:09 AM, Bill Gill wrote:   
   > On 1/17/2018 9:07 PM, cmlover71@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> I was just talking about this with my family. All of our parents &   
   >> grandparents are gone now, but I DEFINITELY remember hearing them talk   
   >> about this 'scandal' while I was growing up. They said she was almost   
   >> ruined in Hollywood because of it. It was said that her grandmother   
   >> had an affair with her family's slave. They had a baby (Dinah's mom)   
   >> who was white, then Dinah came along... Clearly white, & then her baby   
   >> came out and shocked everyone. It almost destroyed her marriage also.   
   >> It came down to her mom getting the family 'closet skeletons' out in   
   >> the open for it to be verified. YES, it was a real Hollywood scandal   
   >> back in the day. PS, I am 46 & know of this. I bet if you ask an older   
   >> generation person they could confirm this.   
   >>   
   > I don't remember this, but I do recall rumors that she was partly   
   > black.   
   >   
   > Bill   
      
   Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, so none of her   
   ancestors fit the timeline for having black slaves.   
      
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