Hedda Hopper age of 80 in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills . She is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona, Pennsylvania. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Hopper has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6313½ Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. In 1985, Jane Alexander received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination portraying Hopper in the television film "Malice in Wonderland", opposite Elizabeth Taylor as Louella Parsons. In 1995, Cynthia Adler portrayed Hedda Hopper in the documentary "". In 1995, she was portrayed by Katherine Helmond in "" (1995 TV film) In 1999, Rue McClanahan played Priscilla Tremaine,
Gossip columnist with no supporting source or evidence, the celebrity can sue for libel on the grounds that their reputation was defamed. There is however circumstances where gossip columnist may not be fact checking the information they are receiving from their sources before publishing their stories. Not to mention that there are gossip columnist that are not reputable themselves to be posting articles about celebrities. As a result of this there is a chance that there are stories that have been publish that could lead to the defamation of celebrities. The first gossip columnist, dominating the 1930s and 40s, was Walter Winchell,