Suicide of Lady Isobel Barnett

Title

Suicide of Lady Isobel Barnett

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Tribute

TX Date

Sep 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:05:01

Description

Report on the suicide of Lady Isobel Barnett after she was convicted of shoplifting and previously had a car accident. After the court case on her shoplifting Lady Barnett talks to the press. Presenter of What’s My Line (on which she had starred), Eamonn Andrews, comments on her death. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Isobel Barnett; Eamonn Andrews

Keywords

Deaths; Suicide; Legal procedure; Crime; Social problems; Mental health; Shoplifting; Courts; Trials; Famous people; Road accidents; Theft; Isobel Barnett

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