biography
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Skelton, Red
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popular name of Richard Bernard Skelton
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| male
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| lived:
| (1913–97)
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| biography:
| Entertainer, born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. As a child he toured the midwest in a medicine show, and later gained fame as a variety performer of stage, radio, television, and films. He was voted the outstanding new radio star in 1941, and is remembered for the NBC television programme The Red Skelton Show (1951–71). He gave a farewell performance at Carnegie Hall in 1990. |
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