Mae West: August 1957

In 1955, sleazy Confidential Magazine tried to blackmail MAE WEST over her romance with a BLACK MALE: prizefighter Chalky Wright.
• • On 12 August 1957, just before he was to testify in this lawsuit about extortion, Albert "Chalky" Wright [age 45] died suddenly in Los Angeles in the bathtub of his mother's house. Mae West insisted that her dear friend had been murdered.
• • On the fiftieth anniversary of his untimely death [murder?] in August 1957, we are remembering a dark-skinned prizefighter Mae West was more than fond of.
• • Swing by for some prized time with Mae West on Friday evening 17 August 2007, when a guided tour will explore Manhattan's WEST-side during the "Mae West Side Story" walking tour. The event — — open to the public — — is timed to salute Brooklyn's own sexpot on her birthdate. [See the Annual Mae West Gala posting below.]
• • Only 3 more days until Mae's birthday on August 17th!
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West's lover Chalky Wright • • in 1941 • •
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