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Tenor; born in Philadelphia. Discovered while working in the family's grocery business, he auditioned for Serge Koussevitzky in 1942 and appeared that summer at Tanglewood. His career was interrupted by service in World War II and afterward he went on to Hollywood to appear in several musicals, including his most famous role in The Great Caruso (1951). Never a truly disciplined artist, he refused to restrain either his personality or his appetites and died of a heart attack in Rome. |
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