Zuma Palmer; Writer Pioneered Radio Coverage
Zuma Palmer, 94, a Hollywood columnist who pioneered coverage of radio. A native of Minnesota, Miss Palmer was educated at USC and became radio editor of the Hollywood Citizen-News in 1928. Eddie Cantor and Ben Alexander were among radio performers who praised her at an appreciation banquet given by the Hollywood Advertising Club. After covering the development of radio and television entertainment, Miss Palmer retired in 1961. On Thursday in Glendale.
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