Thanks for the information about Al Jolson. I'm grateful, and I'm sure all
other members are too.
Don Tait
Al Jolson died October 23, 1950 in San Francisco.
DrG
On May 31, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Don Tait ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> If I recall correctly, Eddie Cantor was still crooning "If You Knew Susie"
> and about his numerous daughters on his television programs into some time
> in the 1950s. I think Al Jolson died in 1953. (1952?) Jimmy Durante went on
> with his schtick "Good night Missus Calabash wherever you are" into the
> '60s, on television walking from one overhead spotlight to the next, turning
> and doffing his hat, finally leaving. My mother always wept.
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