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AmyVanderbiltAmyVanderbilt(July22,1908–December27,1974)wasanAmericanauthorityonetiquette.In1952shepublishedthebestsellingbookAmyVanderbilt"sCompleteBookofEtiquette.Thebook,laterretitledAmyVanderbilt"sEtiquette,hasbeenupdatedandisstillincirculationtoday.Themostrecentedition(ISBN0-385-41342-4)waseditedbyNancyTuckermanandNancyDunnan.Itslongtimepopularityhasledtoitbeingconsideredastandardofetiquettewriting.Sheisalsotheauthororcollectorofcookingmaterials,includingthe1961bookAmyVanderbilt"sCompleteCookBookillustratedbyAndyWarhol.Sheisalsotheauthororcollectorofcookingmaterials,includingthe1961bookAmyVanderbilt"sCompleteCookBookillustratedbyAndyWarhol.AmyVanderbiltdescendedfromeitheranuncleorbrotherofCorneliusVanderbiltandisthereforenotanofficialdescendant-memberoftheVanderbiltfamily.ShewasborninNewYorkCityandworkedasapart-timereporterfortheStatenIslandAdvancewhenshewas16.ShewaseducatedinSwitzerlandandatthePackerCollegiateInstituteinBrooklynbeforeattendingNewYorkUniversity.Sheworkedinadvertisingandpublicrelations,andpublishedherfamousbookafterfiveyearsofresearch.From1954to1960shehostedthetelevisionprogramIt"sinGoodTasteandfrom1960to1962shehostedtheradioprogramTheRightThingtoDo.Shealsoworkedasaconsultantforseveralagenciesandorganizations,includingtheU.S.DepartmentofState.From1929to1932shewasmarriedtoRobertBrinkerhoff.[1]In1968shemarriedCurtisKellar,alawyerforMobilOil.[2]OnDecember27,1974,shediedfrommultiplefracturesoftheskullafterfallingfromasecond-floorwindowinhertownhouseonEast87thStreetinNewYork.Tothisday,itisnotclearwhetherherfallwasaccidental(mostlikelyduetothemedicationsshetookforhypertension,whichfriendsandrelatives(includingPaulsKnopf)latersaidcausedhertohaveseveredizzyspells)orwhethershecommittedsuicide.ShewasburiedattheCemeteryoftheEvergreensinBrooklyn.3
Birth: Jul.22,1908Death: Dec.27,1974Journalist,Etiquettemaven.BorninNewYorkCity,shebecameapart-timereporterfortheStatenIslandAdvancewhenshewas16.SheattendedschoolinSwitzerland,thePackerCollegiateInstituteinBrooklyn,andNewYorkUniversity.Inthe1930sand1940ssheheldseveraljobs,includingonewithanadvertisingagencyandanotherwithapublicrelationsfirmwhilesheresearchedherbook.In1952shepublished‘AmyVanderbilt"sCompleteBookofEtiquette.’Ahugebestseller,itwaslaterretitled‘AmyVanderbilt"sEtiquette.’VanderbiltwashailedasthesuccessortoEmilyPost.Withhersuccess,Vanderbiltbecamethehostessofatelevisionetiquetteprogram,‘It"sinGoodTaste’from1954to1960.Shealsohostedaradioshow,‘TheRightThingToDo,’from1960to1962.Shealsoservedasofficialetiquetteconsultantformanyagenciesandorganizations,includingtheStateDepartment.Vanderbiltcontinuedtowrite,publishingbooksoneverydayetiquetteandcooking.ShejumpedtoherdeathfromthewindowofherNewYorkCityapartmentin1974. (bioby:Iola) SearchAmazonforAmyVanderbilt Burial:TheEvergreensCemeteryBrooklynKingsCountyNewYork,USA Maintainedby:FindAGraveOriginallyCreatedby:KRecordadded:Jul26,2002FindAGraveMemorial#66388243
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