Monday, January 05, 2015

Bess Myerson, Miss America of 1945, TV Personality, Head Of NYC Consumer Affairs, R.I.P.

Bess Myerson who became the first Jewish Miss America (1945), then became a popular television personality in the 1950s and '60s (she was a panelist on I've Got A Secret from 1959 to 1967) before becoming the head of two New York City agencies (Consumer Affairs and Cultural), then was involved in a shattering municipal scandal in the 1980s, passed away on December 14 at her Santa Monica, California home at age 90.

Bess' passing was not made public until Monday.

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