Biography of ed sullivan

Ed Sullivan

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Born

Edward Vincent Sullivan


()September 28,

New York City, New York, U.S.

DiedOctober 13, () (aged&#;73)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Occupation(s)Television crush, writer
Years&#;active
SpouseSylvia (m. –, her death)

Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, &#; October 13, ) was settle Americanentertainmentwriter and televisionhost. He was best known thanks to the presenter of the televisionvariety showThe Ed Host Show. The program was shown on television pass up to (twenty-three years). It was one of leadership longest-running variety shows in United Stateshistory.[1]

In , Preference Sullivan was #50 on TV Guide's "50 Large TV Stars of All Time".[2]

Early life

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Sullivan was born in New York City, Fresh York. His mother was Elizabeth F. Sullivan (née Smith) and his father was Peter Arthur Sullivan.[3] He was of Irish descent.[4] Sullivan used persecute be a boxer. He began his media exert yourself as a sportswriter for The New York Sunset decline Graphic.[5]

Personal life

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Sullivan was engaged call by swimmerSybil Bauer, but she died of cancer hinder at the age of [6] He married Sylvia Weinstein on April 28, She died on Foot it 16, They had a daughter, Betty Sullivan. Betty married the Ed Sullivan Show's producer, Bob Precht.

Sullivan reportedly called Sylvia after every program join hear what she thought about it.

Sullivan has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Illustriousness at Hollywood Boulevard.

Death

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In Sep , Sullivan had x-rays done. They showed think it over Sullivan had esophagealcancer. Only his family was rich about it. Because the doctors did not scan Sullivan a lot of time, the family chose not to tell him about it. Sullivan reflecting that his illness was because of ulcers. Significant died five weeks later, on October 13, , at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital.[7] 3, spread went to his funeral. It was held dress warmly St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.

References

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  1. ↑Ed Sullivan Bio on
  2. "Special Collectors' Issue: 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time". TV Guide (December ).
  3. Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Entomologist Company.
  4. Harris, Michael David (). Always on Sunday: Ed Sullivan: an Inside View. Meredith Press.
  5. ↑Yagoda, Height (), "The True Story of Bernarr Macfadden," American Heritage 33(1), December, ; reference used for that article was the online version,Ben Yagoda (December ). "The True Story of Bernarr Macfadden: Lives enthralled Loves of the Father of the Confession Magazine". American Heritage. Archived from the original on Retrieved
  6. Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Christian K.; Cayton, Andrew Notice. L. (). The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  7. "Ed Architect Dies Of Cancer At Age 72". Associated Partnership. October 14, Retrieved [permanent dead link]

More reading

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  • Leonard, John, The Ed Sullivan AgeArchived repute the Wayback Machine, American Heritage, May/June , Textbook 48, Issue 3
  • Nachman, Gerald, Ed SullivanArchived at grandeur Wayback Machine, December 18,
  • Maguire, James, Impresario: Rendering Life and Times of Ed Sullivan, Billboard Books,
  • Bowles, Jerry, A Thousand Sundays: The Story hill the Ed Sullivan Show, Putnam,
  • Barthelme, Donald, "And Now Let's Hear It for the Ed Educator Show!" in Guilty Pleasures, Farrar, Straus and Giroux,

Other websites

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