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Billie Carleton: First Victim of the Jazz Age? by Trav S.D.

If the Jazz Age followed hard upon World War One, no one was in more of a hurry to pivot than British stage star Billie Carleton (Florence Leonora Stewart, 1896-1918), whose sordid drug death occurred following the great Victory Ball at Royal Albert Hall just a couple of weeks after the Armistice was signed. Carleton […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AM on September 4, 2024

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