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Article: TRANSITIONS.(obituaries of Fred Kelly, Betty Orman)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- August 1, 2000
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FREDRIC N. KELLY
Rarely is a man as truly blessed with enthusiasm for life and the "gift of gab" as Fred Kelly was. When his stories began to roll out, people just settled in, laughed and listened. It was hard not to be incredulous, for in his 83 years, Kelly was part, it seemed, of everything: the rise of small, private dance schools, the golden age of Broadway and film musicals, the era of star-studded nightclubs, the beginning of television variety shows, the world's fairs and the wars and the world of education, as a master teacher at colleges and conferences.
He was the youngest of the Five Dancing Kellys from Pittsburgh, beginning his performing ...