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Article: DANNY KAYE, COMEDIAN, CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE, DIES
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 4, 1987
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Danny Kaye never told jokes. But Kaye will be remembered as one
of the great antic comedians. He prided himself on being able to
make kids laugh, even in foreign countries whose language he didn't
speak. During the last decades of his life, he took a cue from one
of his movies, the 1952 "Hans Christian Andersen." He turned
himself into a Pied Piper of goodwill for UNICEF, the United
Nations organization devoted to helping sick and needy children. In
1954, he made a movie called "Assignment Children" for UNICEF. And
his comic guest-conducting stints on behalf of musicians' pension
funds deepened the store of affection in which he was held.
This activity fed a picture of Kaye as a mellow ...
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Article: Danny Kaye, Master Of Nonsense, Dies
The Washington Post;
March 4, 1987 ;
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...Danny Kaye, 74, an entertainer whose special gifts ... 1969). In the 1960s, he hosted "The Danny Kaye Show" on television. He had a full career ... used to say, "Walter Mitty dreamed it, Danny Kaye lived it." The Mitty character, a creation ...
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