Lester, Jerry
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Birth Date
- 1910-02-16
Death Date
- 1995-03-23
Birth Place
- Chicago (Ill.)
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- found: Jimmy Lunceford's jubilee [SR] 197-?:label (Jerry Lester)
- found: Wikipedia, Nov. 26, 2019(Jerry Lester; b. February 16, 1910 in Chicago; d. March 23, 1995 in Miami, FL; American comedian, singer and performer on radio, television and the stage, who hosted the first network late night television program as host of Broadway Open House on NBC, a vaudeville-esque combination of comedy and music, whose success demonstrated the potential for late-night television and led to the creation of the Tonight Show)
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Change Notes
- 1994-08-01: new
- 2019-11-26: revised
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