Buddy Clark
Born Samuel Goldberg on
July 26, 1912
in Dorchester, Mass.
Died
Oct. 1, 1949
of plane crash in Los Angeles, CA
Buddy Clark, a baritone radio singer, died at 37 in a plane crash on Beverly Boulevard. In the months before his death in 1949, Clark had been embroiled in a child support fight with his first wife, singer Louise Hughes. Hughes alleged that Clark's earnings had risen from $700 a week at the time of their divorce to $100,000 a year. Clark replied that he had earned only $58,397 before taxes and was supporting nine people. His funeral service was held at Forest Lawn and attended by 300 mourners, including Frank Sinatra, who served as one of the pallbearers. |
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I'm playing an early record album right now by Buddy Clark. It was released in 1948. His voice is timeless. I wish I could've met this man. Such talent.
Buddy Clark had a lilt to his voice that was so beautiful.! He was the best of the best and would have been one of the greatest singing stars ......... God bless him......he was taken too soon !
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