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.