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In 1950, the Jolsons adopted a second baby, a girl they named Alicia. Pictured at the right, she was diagnosed as being retarded and eventually required institutional placement. Alicia died in 1982, at the age of about 32. She is buried in Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills along with Erle, Norman Krasna, and members of the Galbraith family.
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Contrary to the impression given by the filmed biographies...
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Jolson's last Warner vehicle was The Singing Kid (1936), a parody of Jolson's stage persona (he plays a character named Al Jackson) in which he mocks his stage histrionics and taste for "mammy" songs — the latter via a number by E. Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen titled "I Love to Singa", and a comedy sequence with Jolson doggedly trying to sing "Mammy" while The Yacht Club Boys keep telling him ...
28 de jul. de 2011 · He remained extremely close to his mother Ruby Keeler who died in 1993. Albert Peter Lowe passed away at age 72, in November, 2007. With Erle Galbraith, Al Jolson's fourth wife, a six month old baby boy was adopted in late 1947. A proud father again, Al told reporters: “We’ll send him to a good school - and a hard one.
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21 de oct. de 2018 · Alicia Jolson: Birthdate: May 29, 1949: Death: July 14, 1982 (33) Place of Burial: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States: Immediate Family: Daughter of Al Jolson and Erle Galbraith Sister of Private Half sister of Al Jolson, Jr. Managed by: Adam Robert Brown: Last Updated: October 21, 2018
- May 29, 1949
- July 14, 1982 (33)
Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson) was born on May 26, 1886, in Srednike, Lithuania. Jolson's family came to the United States in 1894, settling in Washington, D.C. Several factors in Jolson's youth influenced his career, including his religious Jewish upbringing, the death of his mother when he was ten, and his father's work as a cantor (a singer of religious music in a synagogue).
Al Jolson was born on 26 May 1886, in Srednike, Lithuania, which was a part of Russia at that time. He was the youngest child of Moses Yoelson and Naomi Cantor. He had four siblings. His family was Jewish, and his father was a rabbi and cantor. His family moved to New York for better prospects in 1894. However, Jolson’s mother passed away in ...
