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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.              --        __       (oO) www.cosmoslair.com       /||\ Cthulhu Saves!!! (In case he needs a midnight snack)              ---       This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.       https://www.avast.com/antivirus              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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