James Paul Donahue, Junior., known professionally as Jimmy Donahue, was an heir to the Woolworth estate and a noted New York gay socialite.
Background
Jimmy Donahue was born the second son of James Paul Donahue, an Irish American whose family had made a fortune in the fat rendering business, and Jessie Woolworth Donahue, one of three daughters of Frank Winfield Woolworth, the founder of the Woolworth retail chain.
Career
Following his expulsion from Choate he took tap dance lessons with the tap dance master Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Although openly acknowledged as gay, Donahue claimed he had a four year affair with Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, the wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII. However, Donahue was notorious for his inventive pranks and rumor-mongering. In those days he was known as "Jeem".
He is buried in the Woolworth Family Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New New York