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  1. Jun 23, 1987 · Fred Astaire, an American legend, has died. We join the entire nation in mourning his passing, and our heart-felt sympathies are with his wife, Robyn, and his family.'' 'The Ultimate Dancer ...

  2. Jan 3, 2014 · From Broadway Melody of 1940, Here is Jukebox Dance - music by Walter Ruick, danced by Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire. Powell later said this number was he...

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  3. Fred Astaire was born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Frederic E. and Ann Gelius Austerlitz, enrolled him in dancing school at age four to join his older sister Adele.

  4. May 10, 2017 · Stay. volume_off. -00:48. closed_captions. fullscreen. Born on May 10, 1899, Fred Astaire was an actor, dancer, vaudevillian, and movie star whose career spanned nearly eight decades. Here are 14 ...

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  5. Fred Astaire died in 1987 from pneumonia, at the age of 88. With his passing, the world lost a true dancing legend. His effortless lightness and grace may never be seen again. As Mikhail Baryshnikov observed at the time of Fred Astaire’s death, “No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.”.

  6. Aug 2, 2023 · Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire co-star in Mark Sandrich's 1942 musical Holiday Inn. The plot follows Jim, who opens a holiday-exclusive inn, where he falls for a beautiful up-and-coming performer.

  7. Feb 2, 2023 · But, according to "Fred Astaire," the story was never authenticated, and the person who said these scandalous words was a studio operative, not a producer. What was confirmed was that David O. Selznick, the head of RKO studio, later an executive for MGM, saw potential in Fred, describing him as "one of the great artists of the day" in a letter to RKO assistants in 1933.

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