You don’t even know what sex has to do with this?
Are you young, too young to remember how the 1960s also destroyed media and news?
You have some unrelated beef that you’re trying to attach to this story. I’m guessing you think that Arts news is inherently feminine? I could name as many examples as you want that predate the 60s. Rudolph Valentino’s early death was a huge news story. So was Carole Lombard’s.