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Jimmy Francis Durante

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Profession
Comedian
Died
Jan 29, 1980
Zodiac
Aquarius
Born in
New York City NY
About
Vaudeville comedian, pianist, and actor who was one of America's most popular personalities from the 1920s through the 1970s. He was well known for his big nose, which he called "Schnozzola", and his composition of "Inka Dinka Doo."
Family
After the death of his wife, Jeanne Olsen, in 1943, he began ending his radio program with the phrase, "Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are," as a tribute to her. He adopted a child, Cecilia Alicia, with his second wife Margaret.

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