Rapaire--where's your PM?

This seems to be a little harder than I anticipated, but that may be because most are quite old--as am I--and some out of main stream consciousness in this century.

Here are the double initials I had in mind, and which the clues point to:

1) Perhaps the most influential American gossip monger of his (or any?) day. He was untouchable. WW
2) Underneath all that dirt, she was the most beeyootiful Dogpatcher of them all. Eat your heart out Daisy Mae! MM
3) Life mate of the world's oldest comic strip detective. TT
4) This mobster's death wasn't a close shave. AA
5) This real-life cop became an actor who played mostly cops in movies, getting his start in a film which portrayed his real-life exploits. EE
6) Comic actress and radio personality; sort of a Gracie Allen type. VV
7) He was part of a long time vaudeville (music hall to you Brits) team. All heck broke loose when they performed their greatest show. OO
8) The greatest Amazon of them all…in four colors. WW
9) He sang with Redheads…and that's no lie.   SS
10) She ain't no lady, but she sure is explosive. BB
11) Alter ego of this super arachnid. PP
12) The great escape-ist. HH
13) This mobster was fortunate to only be deported. LL
14) "America's Fightin' Cowboy"…not to be confused with "The King of the Cowboys". RR
15) Gossip biographer of the stars and famous…didn't like it when she was between the covers. KK
16) How are you doing…respond in a Runyonesque way. NN
17) Funny silent film star, but he wasn't a tramp. CC
18) "Yankee Doodle Boy" who went to London. JJ
19) The prettiest wrestler in the 1950's…if he did say so himself. GG
20) Did this singer dent his car? Or his guitar? FF
21) The English answer to la Monroe. DD
22) He kept the kids out of the pool…hall that is. HH
23) A one hit wonder of the 1950s, he sang bloody well. NN
24) He was L'il Abner's ideel, a cop who looked like swiss cheese. FF
25) With his musical name, he was a natural for the stage. TT

Several wrong answers on #14 and #17. The clues should lead away from the popular answers of Roy Rogers and Charlie Chaplin.

BillD has six correct. Come on there must be old people or historians out there.BG    Good luck!

Answers tomorrow.