George Christy, a gossip and party columnist who wrote for THR for more than 26 years before leaving amid controversy in 2001, has died
for more than 26 years before leaving amid controversy in 2001, has died. He was 93.
Christy died Tuesday night of heart failure at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, his friend, producer-director Barry Avrich, said. "George Christy was a combination of Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper and Walter Winchell in the old Hollywood style of reporting," Avrich noted. "The only difference that distinguished George from his predecessors was that while he looked for scoops, he never was interested in scandal or salacious exposés."THR
in May 2001 amid a SAG investigation into whether he schemed to improperly receive health benefits for performing in films in which he did not appear. He also was accused of accepting lavish gifts and free office space from those he wrote about favorably in his column, "The Great Life." He resigned six months later. editor Anita M. Busch, labor reporter David Robb and executive film editor Beth Laski all quit after editor in chief and publisher Robert J.
"I hope Spago and The Ivy, two Hollywood restaurants he put on the map, are dimming their lights in his memory," Avrich said.
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