Person Open DS/UK/9221 Barnett; Isobel (30 June 1918-20 October 1980); Lady Barnett; Scottish radio and television personality Barnett Isobel 30 June 1918-20 October 1980 Scottish radio and television personality Female (cisgender) Isobel Morag Marshall | Lady Isobel Barnett Aberdeen, Scotland (born)

Scottish Media | Radio, Television White Mental health No known religious affiliation Heterosexual Isobel Barnett was a Scottish radio and television personality, who had her highest profile during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1953 Lady Barnett arrived on BBC television as one of the panel of What's My Line?, which made her a household name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Barnett (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Suicide: In her last years, Lady Barnett became reclusive and eccentric and was suspected to be a kleptomaniac. In 1980 she was found guilty of shoplifting, and fined for stealing a can of tuna and a carton of cream worth 87 pence from her village grocer. This brought her briefly back into the public eye; four days later on 20 October, she was found dead. A coroner's inquest subsequently ruled that she had killed herself with an overdose of painkillers. Two days before her death, Lady Barnett told an interviewer she was a compulsive thief and had been shoplifting for years. She wore a 'poacher's pocket' inside her coat. Finding that Lady Barnett, a trained physician, killed herself deliberately with an overdose of arthritis painkiller, the coroner said, "She had recently suffered one of the most traumatic experiences any woman could suffer... I am satisfied she took a fatal overdose deliberately and knew what she was doing". RAHdroberts 11/21/2013 RAHAKirkbride 2/9/2023 e5346c0c-6df6-49db-93d3-2692085882d6