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Henry Tolliver McLemore (December 2, 1906 – June 23, 1968) was a sports columnist for theHearst Newspapers organization. He portrayed himself in the 1940Bing Crosby filmSwing With Bing, was a 1956 contestant onGroucho Marx's television showYou Bet Your Life, and had a walk-on in a 1955 episode ofThe Millionaire television drama.[citation needed]
McLemore began his career in the 1920s covering major stories such as New York's gambling wars, theLindbergh kidnapping, national political conventions and White House conferences. He won the Headliner Award for his coverage of theNew London School explosion, and worked for a time as sports editor ofThe Atlanta Georgian. In 1940 he joined theMcNaught Syndicate and wrote a sports column published in 175 newspapers.[citation needed]
Today McLemore is most remembered for[citation needed] his support of Democrat PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt's policy ofinternment of Japanese-Americans in World War II, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Hearbor in December 1941. In one of several articles on the topic, McLemore said that Americans should have no patience "with the enemy or with anyone whose veins carry his blood."[1]
McLemore died at age 61 of a heart attack on June 23, 1968, inDaytona Beach, Florida, where he worked as a publicist for theDaytona International Speedway.[citation needed]
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