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  1. Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known as "champagne music" to his radio, television, and live-performance audiences.

  2. Sep 23, 2023 · Born on the third of May, 1930, Bob Havens is currently 92 years old and one of the few people to still be alive from the Lawrence Welk show. He was part of the team on the show between 1960 and 1982, staying with Lawrence Welk until the show went off the air.

  3. Feb 12, 2022 · He died on 7 January 2018 at age 71. 'The Lawrence Welk Show' After his military discharge, he eventually decided to become a Christian singer. So he started performing in gospel singing tours. Later, he spent the summer of 1973 as one of the cast members of a musical revue called Medora Musical.

  4. Jan 3, 2020 · In 1971, after two decades on the air, ABC cancelled "The Lawrence Welk Show," a musical variety series led by the German-accented bandleader and accordionist Lawrence Welk. Welk had...

  5. Lawrence Welk retired in 1982; at the time of his retirement, he was 79 years old, making him at the time the oldest host of a regularly scheduled US entertainment television series (a feat later surpassed by game show host Bob Barker in 2003 and later by actress and comedian Betty White in 2012).

  6. Overview. Born. March 11, 1903 · Strasburg, North Dakota, USA. Died. May 17, 1992 · Santa Monica, California, USA (pneumonia) Mini Bio. The accordion maestro provided nearly two decades of squeaky-clean music and family entertainment on TV every Saturday night between 1955 and 1971 on prime-time, and for another 11 years in syndication.

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  8. Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982. His style came to be known as "champagne music". In 1996, Welk was ranked #43 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. [1]