James Paul “Jimmy” Donahue Jr.

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James Paul “Jimmy” Donahue Jr.

Birth
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
11 Dec 1966 (aged 51)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.8885125, Longitude: -73.8760301
Plot
Pine Plot, Section 123/135, Woolworth Mausoleum
Memorial ID
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Grandson of the five-and-dime store millionaire Frank Woolworth. Cousin & close life-long friend of heiress Barbara Hutton. In the early 1950's he was a constant intimate companion & bankroller of the Duke & Dutchess of Windsor.
Racconteur, Gay playboy, & inveterate practical joker who finally expired from an excess of alchohol & Seconal
Read 'Dancing with the Devil - The Windsors & Jimmy Donahue' by Christopher Wilson.

If Jimmy didn't have friends on Monday
He did have unlimited wealth,
Francis Spellman and late mass on Sunday,
And a Duchess, not quite to himself.

His anthem was "Hello Dolly"
And mischief was his game.
No children from his follies
And few came to his grave
Grandson of the five-and-dime store millionaire Frank Woolworth. Cousin & close life-long friend of heiress Barbara Hutton. In the early 1950's he was a constant intimate companion & bankroller of the Duke & Dutchess of Windsor.
Racconteur, Gay playboy, & inveterate practical joker who finally expired from an excess of alchohol & Seconal
Read 'Dancing with the Devil - The Windsors & Jimmy Donahue' by Christopher Wilson.

If Jimmy didn't have friends on Monday
He did have unlimited wealth,
Francis Spellman and late mass on Sunday,
And a Duchess, not quite to himself.

His anthem was "Hello Dolly"
And mischief was his game.
No children from his follies
And few came to his grave