[78-L] Billy Murray's death date

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

Oh my, they celebrated a Funeral Mass. for Billy, on the day prior to his unexpected death ! 

I listened to the entire radio broadcast last evening, and it was really fascinating. Your command of Billy's history was very evident, and it kept me glued to the Broadcast until it was over. I was completely surprised by that 1938 Radio Broadcast that you obtained from Michael Feinstein. You got to hear Frank Crummit and Billy Murray Speaking at length, and then Billy singing the George M. Cohan classic, "45 Minutes from Broadway". Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and keeping the Memory and legacy of this Great Entertainer alive . 

Bruce 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Barna" <ryansrecords1 at hotmail.com> 
To: 78-l at 78online.com 
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:00:19 AM 
Subject: [78-L] Billy Murray's death date 


All of Murray's obituaries, plush his death certificate which I've posted at http://www.denvernightingale.com/archive/deathcert.html, indicate his passing date as August 17th. If you read more carefully on page 197 of the Hoffmann/Carty/Riggs book, Billy dies on August 22nd, and "a Requiem High Mass was celebrated at Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church, 10 A.M., Saturday, August 21." (?!) 

And by the way, folks, you can stream last night's program at http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/41519. Some records got broken, too, literally! 

-Ryan 
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