Karyn Kupcinet was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress who was found dead at her West Hollywood, California

West Hollywood, California

West Hollywood, a city of Los Angeles County, California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984, with a population of 34,399 at the 2010 census. 41% of the city's population is made up of gay men according to a 2002 demographic analysis by Sara Kocher Consulting for the City of West Hollywood...

 home, in the days following the JFK assassination. It has been theorized that her death, officially ruled a homicide, was connected to the assassination or was the result of an accidental fall. In 1992 her father said linking her to the president's death was "an atrocious outrage" and "calumny."
Kupcinet was born Roberta Lynn Kupcinet in Chicago, Illinois to Irv Kupcinet

Irv Kupcinet

Irv Kupcinet was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a broadcast personality based in Chicago, Illinois...

, a sportswriter for the Chicago Daily Times, and his wife, Esther "Essee" Solomon Kupcinet.