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Red Norvo
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Born
March 31
,
1908
·
Beardstown, Illinois, USA
Died
April 6
,
1999
·
Santa Monica, California, USA
(undisclosed)
Birth name
Kenneth Norville
Nickname
Mr. Swing
Mini Bio
Red Norvo was born on March 31, 1908 in Beardstown, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for
Touch of Evil (1958)
,
Hands of a Stranger (1962)
and
Screaming Mimi (1958)
. He was married to
Mildred Bailey
and Eve Rogers. He died on April 6, 1999 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Family
Spouses
Mildred Bailey
(1933 - 1951) (her death)
Eve Rogers
(? - 1992) (her death)
Trivia
When wife
Mildred Bailey
sang with Norvo's band in the mid-'30s, they were know as "Mr. and Mrs. Swing".
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
His son Kevin accidentally shot himself to death with a .45 in 1970 (at the age of 19).
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 454-456. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1992.
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