[Ads-l] Phrase: drop-dead gorgeous - NYT obit for Richard Corliss and OED

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Below is metadata and a link for a possible "drop-dead-gorgeous" match in 1970,

Periodical: Cue
Volume: 39
Issues 14-26
Quote Page 14
Database: Google Books snippet view; data may be inaccurate; must be
verified on paper

https://books.google.com/books?id=Tz4QAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=drop-dead

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... by the combustible production numbers, spectacularly staged by
director/choreographer Ron Field, by Robert Randolph's sparkling sets,
and by the really drop-dead-gorgeous costumes designed by Ray Aghayan.
If you could only hum Lee ...
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 4:42 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
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> Subject:      Re: Phrase: drop-dead gorgeous - NYT obit for Richard Corliss and
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>  Ben Zimmer wrote
>> I suspect we owe the coinage claim to a Wikipedia contributor editing
>> Corliss's page, based on a misreading of the OED entry.
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Corliss&diff=prev&oldid=592380062
>
> Great point, Ben. Journalism, Wikipedia, and deadlines produce a
> dangerously combustible mixture.
> Garson
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