Thompson* Obituary, "The New York Times," February 16, 1984, "Ethel Merman, Queen of Musicals, Dies at 76"* NPR's Susan Stamberg's Report on the Memory of Ethel Merman
Thompson, "Slant Magazine"*Obituary, "The New York Times," February 16, 1984, "Ethel Merman, Queen of Musicals, Dies at 76"*NPR's Susan Stamberg's Report on the Memory of Ethel Merman