Summary

MIDDLE TENNESSEE LOST ONE OF IT'S BRIGHTEST STARS. DINAH SHORE DIED TODAY OF CANCER AT AGE 76. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND AT LEAST TWO LOCAL TOWNS CLAIM HER AS THEIRS. SHE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HOSTING TELEVISION SHOWS BUT FOLKS IN TENNESSEE REMEMBER HER AS A FRIEND AND A PHILANTHROPIST. SHORE WAS A PITCH WOMAN FOR CHEVROLET, AUTHOR OF COOKBOOKS, PAL OF PRESIDENTS FORD AND REAGAN AND HOSTESS OF A POPULAR PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. BORN FRANCES ROSE SHORE ON MARCH 1, 1917, IN TINY WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, MISS SHORE GREW UP JEWISH IN A PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN NASHVILLE. SHE MADE HER FIRST APPEARANCE AS A SINGER IN A NIGHTCLUB AT THE EARLY AGE OF FOURTEEN. EVEN THOUGH HER FIRST APPEARANCE WENT WELL... HER PARENTS ENCOURAGED HER TO GET AN EDUCATION. SHE GRADUATED FROM VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY IN 1938. SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING HER DIPLOMA MISS SHORE HAD NUMEROUS TELEVISION SHOWS THAT ENDED WITH "A CONVERSATION WITH DINAH" ON CABLE'S NASHVILLE NETWORK WHICH RAN FROM AUGUST 1989 TO MARCH 1991.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 89808
Story Slug DINAH SHORE OBIT (2/24/1994)
Location WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE
Format PKG no tag
Date 2/24/1994
Archive Time 25:38
TRT 1:49
Supers WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE DAVID KENNINGHAM SHORE’S FRIEND DR. JOHN TUBB WINCHESTER RESIDENT SCOTT COUCH REPORTING
Video Description CONTEMPORARY SHOT OF DINAH SHORE SINGING (CANNOT LICENSE MUSIC), HOME WHERE SHE GREW UP IN NASHVILLE, REPORTER STAND UP BRIDGE SOT (CANNOT LICENSE REPORTER), SOT OF FANS, MORE OF 1989 VISIT B&W VIDEO OF SHORE SINGING ON TV (CANNOT LICENSE), HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOS, HOUSE SHE GREW UP IN, SOT, SHOT OF BUILDING AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, DINAH IN WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE DURING A PAST VISIT, THE HOUSE SHE GREW UP IN, SHOTS OF TOWN ITSELF, SOTS
Description MIDDLE TENNESSEE LOST ONE OF IT'S BRIGHTEST STARS. DINAH SHORE DIED TODAY OF CANCER AT AGE 76. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND AT LEAST TWO LOCAL TOWNS CLAIM HER AS THEIRS. SHE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HOSTING TELEVISION SHOWS BUT FOLKS IN TENNESSEE REMEMBER HER AS A FRIEND AND A PHILANTHROPIST. SHORE WAS A PITCH WOMAN FOR CHEVROLET, AUTHOR OF COOKBOOKS, PAL OF PRESIDENTS FORD AND REAGAN AND HOSTESS OF A POPULAR PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. BORN FRANCES ROSE SHORE ON MARCH 1, 1917, IN TINY WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, MISS SHORE GREW UP JEWISH IN A PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN NASHVILLE. SHE MADE HER FIRST APPEARANCE AS A SINGER IN A NIGHTCLUB AT THE EARLY AGE OF FOURTEEN. EVEN THOUGH HER FIRST APPEARANCE WENT WELL... HER PARENTS ENCOURAGED HER TO GET AN EDUCATION. SHE GRADUATED FROM VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY IN 1938. SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING HER DIPLOMA MISS SHORE HAD NUMEROUS TELEVISION SHOWS THAT ENDED WITH "A CONVERSATION WITH DINAH" ON CABLE'S NASHVILLE NETWORK WHICH RAN FROM AUGUST 1989 TO MARCH 1991.
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Keywords

DINAH SHORE
CELEBRITY
ENTERTAINER
TV HOST
50s
60s
OBIT
TALK SHOW
TELEVISION
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