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Chicago Tribune - NATALIE HART, AMERICA'S SWEETHEART- LOVED FOR HER SINGING, ACTING AND EVEN HER VIVACIOUS PERSONALITY- HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1951. THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRIME SCENE; WHICH HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED A SUICIDE BUT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER. OFFICIALS ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THE SCENE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, GOING TO THE EXTENT OF BLOCKING OFF 30TH AND WHITMORE AVENUE FOR PASSAGE. 

The Washington Post - SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1951- A DAY THAT WILL BE BRANDED IN THE YOUNG TEENS OF AMERICA FOREVER. BELOVED ACTRESS AND SINGER NATALIE HART FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT THIS FRIDAY MORNING. POLICE ARE SAYING IT WAS A SUICIDE, OTHERS SAY IT WAS MURDER. 

The Wall Street Journal - PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN WROTE A SINCERE APOLOGY TO THE FAMILY OF NATALIE HART, CONSOLING THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED AND COMPLIMENTING THEM ON THE VIVID, BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL PERSON NATALIE WAS.

New York Times - EMPLOYEES AT THE NEW YORK TIMES HAVE A HEARTFELT CONNECTION TO MRS. HART. PHOTOGRAPHER AND REGULAR JOURNALIST FOR THIS COLUMN, ZAYN MALIK, WAS THE LAST TO SEE HER ON THE NIGHT OF HER DEATH. MALIK HAS SEEMINGLY DISAPPEARED, AND HAS SHOWN NO SIGN OF HIMSELF SINCE THE NIGHT OF HER PASSING.

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