ROBERTA SHERWOOD, 86, TORCH SINGER OF '50S ERA.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Torch singer Roberta Sherwood, best known for her recordings ``Up a Lazy River'' and ``You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You,'' has died. She was 86. Sherwood died of heart failure and cancer Monday in her Sherman Oaks home, Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
Sherwood was a popular singer on the vaudeville circuit from age 11. When she married Broadway showman Don Lanning in 1938, she confined her singing to the Miami nightclub they ran for nearly two decades. Comic Red Buttons Red Buttons (February 5 1919 – July 13 2006) was the stage name of American comedian and actor Aaron Chwatt. He won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Airman Joe Kelly in Sayonara (1957), a rare dramatic role. and columnist Walter Winchell Walter Winchell (April 7 1897 – February 20, 1972), an American newspaper and radio commentator, invented the gossip column at the New York Evening Graphic. He broke the journalistic taboo against exposing the private lives of public figures, permanently altering the began touting the singer, and she was eventually booked in clubs from New York's Copacabana to Las Vegas' Frontier Hotel and Hollywood's Mocambo. She gained a recording contract with Decca and appeared on such TV shows as ``The Ed Sullivan Show,'' ``The Steve Allen Show,'' ``The Jackie Gleason Herbert John "Jackie" Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an iconic American comedian, actor, and musician. One of the most popular stars of early television, Gleason was respected for both comedic and dramatic roles. Show,'' ``The Garry Moore Show'' and Edward R. Murrow's ``Person to Person.'' Among other favorites she recorded were ``Make Someone Happy,'' ``How Deep Is the Ocean,'' ``These Foolish Things'' and ``Stormy Weather.'' She is survived by three sons, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. No information on survivors was available. |
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