... Like America's Florenz Ziegfeld, LOUIS BENJAMIN who died on June 20, I was not only one of the most colourful characters in showbusiness but also one of the most powerful in British light entertainment. His respon sibilities included the London Palladium ...

... OBITUARY DAVID BURNS DAVID BURNS, the American actor, has died in America dur ing the road tour of 70-Girls- 70, aged 70. He first went on the stage in American stock companies and toured in Irene in 1921 He first came to Lon don in 1924 in Polly ...

... come out of Russia, died in America on June 23. aged 68. Bora in Moscow, be made his debut at the Bolshoi in 1908 and joined Pavlova as partner in 1911, when Fokine choreographed dances specially for them. After visiting America with Pavlova in 1913 and ...

... among others, Nancy Nevinson, Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir John Gielgud. His last London shows before his departure for America included The Young Elizabeth, with Mary Moms, and Camoustie in Sailor Beware, with Peggy Mount. He made many television appear ...

... actress, a: the age of 89. Born in London, she made her first appearance at Daly's in 1894 in A Gaiety Girl. She went to America in 1895. mak ing her first appearance in New York at the Broadway in An Artist's Model. After playing in the provinces in ...

... MARY GARDEN \4ARY GARDEN, the sop rano. died in Aberdeen on January 3, aged 89. She was born there, but went to America at the age of six and later moved to Paris, as governess to a French family. She studied sing ing in Paris and created a sen sation ...

... boy at the Birmingham Rep. Made his first London ap pearance at the Palace in 1919 in Monsieur Beaucaire and then went to America, where he spent most of his life, becoming an American citizen. He was a great success on Broadway in such musicals as Rose ...

... Buffalo Zoo. John's four sons, John, Roland, Ed and Roy, followed him into sealion training and became the most famous in America, appearing in major American circuses including Sells-Roto, Sparks, Hagenbeck- Wallace. the Ringling Bros and the Bamum and ...

... LOU LEVY Brooklyn bom Lou Levy, one of America's greatest music publish ers, has died in New York at the age of 84. He was for a time manager of the Andrews Sisters and was also once married to Maxine of that act. who died in October. He published an ...

... operas. He joined the US Army and became a captain, serving with distinction in action earning decorations from France and America. Later in Britain he received the OBE. He recorded six arias with the RAF Symphony Orchestra and with the support of Sir Thomas ...

... GEOFFREY CORBETT Many singers, dancers, and musi cians, not only in this country but also throughout Europe and America will be saddened by the passing of Geoffrey Corbett on April 18. The cremation took place at the Marylebone cremato rium and was attended ...

... thirties and forties. With his suave style and extremely senti mental ballads, he captured the hearts of housewives throughout America and Great Britain. His voice was both a baritone and a tenor, which he himself described as bari-tenor and he claimed that ...