- Maxine Mesinger
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Maxine Mesinger (December 19, 1925 - January 19, 2001[1]) was a celebrity gossip columnist of the Houston Chronicle who was active between 1965 and 2000. Her works were published in the "Big City Beat," her social column. She had the nickname "Miss Moonlight".[2] Clifford Pugh of the Houston Chronicle said that she "wrote about big names for half of the 20th century and became a celebrity in her own right".[1] Lisa Gray of the Houston Press said that Mesinger "wrote in the swingin' lingo of '40s showbiz".[3]
She was born in 1925 to Julian "Drake" David and Ella David. She graduated from San Jacinto High School. She took post-secondary education at Texas Women's University, Indiana University Bloomington, and the University of Houston. In 1944 she married Emil Mesinger. They had two children, Julianne and Jay. Mesinger had a career in television.[2] In the 1950s she hosted two celebrity oriented shows on a television network operated by the University of Houston.[1] In 1964 the Houston Chronicle hired her to be a columnist.[2] Mesinger was afflicted by multiple sclerosis.[1] On Friday January 19, 2001, at The Methodist Hospital, Mesinger died from complications of multiple sclerosis,[4] at the age 75.[1] On September 9, 2003, the Maxine Mesinger Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital opened.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Pugh, Clifford. "Long-time, well-known society columnist dies." Houston Chronicle at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Friday January 19, 2011. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Maxine Mesinger Papers, 1965-2001." University of Houston. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
- ^ Gray, Lisa. "Goodnight, Miss Moonlight." Houston Press. Thursday February 1, 2001. 1. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
- ^ "Maxine Mesinger Houston Chronicle 1925-2001." Houston Chronicle. April 5, 2001. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
- ^ "Maxine Mesinger Multiple Sclerosis Clinic." The Methodist Hospital. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
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Categories:- American journalist, 1920s birth stubs
- 2001 deaths
- 1925 births
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