<P> Winchell announced his retirement on February 5, 1969, citing his son's suicide as a major reason as well as the delicate health of his companion, June Magee . Exactly one year after his retirement, Magee died at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, while undergoing treatment for a heart condition . </P> <P> Winchell spent his final two years as a recluse at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . Larry King, who replaced Winchell at the Miami Herald, observed: </P> <P> He was so sad . You know what Winchell was doing at the end? Typing out mimeographed sheets with his column, handing them out on the corner . That's how sad he got . When he died, only one person came to his funeral: his daughter . </P> <P> Several of Winchell's former co-workers had expressed a willingness to go, but were turned back by his daughter Walda . </P>

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