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A fact from Vivian Cosby appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that playwright Vivian Cosby was hospitalized for three and a half years after lighting herself on fire because of a faulty gas heater?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vivian Cosby.

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What is this and this and this? FloridaArmy (talk) 21:21, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a blog about a Houdini related film project she worked on. FloridaArmy (talk) 21:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FloridaArmy's notes from page

Here's a copy-paste of the notes from the article that hasn't been fully investigated and integrated yet.

She wrote the 3-act play The Pitchman. She wrote for Mabel Withee and Bobby Dale in the show Mary Ann.^[1] She also wrote for Ruth Love and Sidney Tomack in the show Oh, Uncle.^[1]
She contracted to write for a television show about supernatural phenomena featuring Hereward Carrington.^[2] She acquired rights to The Great Merlini by Clayton Rawson.^[3]
Bernice Cornell interviewed her.^[4] A letter she wrote while in hospital survives.^[5] Fellow magician Gerrie Larsen Baker (Geri Larsen) wrote an obituary for her.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "The Billboard". R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. July 5, 1927 – via Google Books.
^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (February 13, 1954). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "The Hollywood Reporter". Wilkerson Daily Corporation. July 5, 1962 – via Google Books.
^ "Writers' Markets & Methods". Writers' Markets & Methods. July 5, 1945 – via Google Books.
^ "Vivian Cosby - Typed Letter Signed 10/15/1940 | HistoryForSale Item 67391". HistoryForSale - Autographs, Collectibles & Memorabilia.
^ "Genii". W.W. Larson. July 5, 1962 – via Google Books.

I hadn't actually seen anything about her magician background in the news sources, so I'll be excluding that for now. Silver seren^C 04:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Hey man im josh talk 14:41, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that playwright Vivian Cosby was hospitalized for three and a half years after lighting herself on fire because of a faulty gas heater?

Source: "Fire Cripple Writes Scenarios From Bed" and "Vivian Crosby"

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kēkerengū
Comment: The article was moved from draftspace to mainspace with this edit.

Created by Silver seren (talk) and FloridaArmy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 119 past nominations.

Silver seren^C 23:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Cremastra (talk) 23:19, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[auto-1] "The Billboard". R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford. July 5, 1927 – via Google Books.

[2] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (February 13, 1954). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[3] "The Hollywood Reporter". Wilkerson Daily Corporation. July 5, 1962 – via Google Books.

[4] "Writers' Markets & Methods". Writers' Markets & Methods. July 5, 1945 – via Google Books.

[letter-5] "Vivian Cosby - Typed Letter Signed 10/15/1940 | HistoryForSale Item 67391". HistoryForSale - Autographs, Collectibles & Memorabilia.

[6] "Genii". W.W. Larson. July 5, 1962 – via Google Books.

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