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Actor, Director, Singer & Musician
Born Jerome Joseph LEVITCH
American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian
Born on March 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey , United States
Died on August 20, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada , United States
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Lewis was born on March 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel "Danny" Levitch (1902–80), a master of ceremonies and vaudevillian, who performed under the stage name Danny Lewis, from New York whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire, and Rachael "Rae" Levitch (née Brodsky; 1903–83), a WOR pianist and Danny's music director from Warsaw. Reports as to his birth name are conflicting; in Lewis' 1982 autobiography, he claimed his birth name was Joseph, after his maternal grandfather, but his birth certificate, the 1930 U. S. Census, and the 1940 U. S. Census all name
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Lewis was born on March 16, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel "Danny" Levitch (1902–80), a master of ceremonies and vaudevillian, who performed under the stage name Danny Lewis, from New York whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire, and Rachael "Rae" Levitch (née Brodsky; 1903–83), a WOR pianist and Danny's music director from Warsaw. Reports as to his birth name are conflicting; in Lewis' 1982 autobiography, he claimed his birth name was Joseph, after his maternal grandfather, but his birth certificate, the 1930 U. S. Census, and the 1940 U. S. Census all name him as Jerome.
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