Doliu \u00een lumea filmului. Actorul \u0219i c\u00e2nt\u0103re\u021bul Tommy Dix, care a performat decenii la r\u00e2nd pe Broadway \u0219i a jucat \u00een filme de succes ale anilor 50, a murit, zilele trecute, la v\u00e2rsta de 101 ani.<\/p>\n
Cunoscut \u0219i pentru interpretarea melodiei \u201eBuckle Down, Winsocki\u201d, Tommy Dix a jucat al\u0103turi de Lucille Ball \u00een filmul \u201dBest Food Forward\u201d, din 1943.<\/p>\n
Anun\u021bul mor\u021bii sale a fost f\u0103cut de familie pe o re\u021bea de socializare: \u201dA fost, pentru cei care l-au cunoscut, o leg\u0103tur\u0103 vie cu unele dintre marile personalit\u0103\u021bi americane ale secolului al XX-lea. Ne va fi foarte dor de el\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dix era prezentator la radio \u0219i abia \u00ee\u0219i f\u0103cuse debutul pe Broadway \u00een \u201dThe Corn Is Green\u201d, cu Ethel Barrymore \u00een rol principal, c\u00e2nd a fost angajat s\u0103-l interpreteze pe Chuck Green \u00een filmul \u201dBest Foot Forward\u201d, regizat de George Abbott, cu o coregrafie realizat\u0103 de Gene Kelly, scrie Hollywod Reporter.<\/p>\n
Dix a ajuns s\u0103 c\u00e2nte din nou \u201eBuckle Down, Winsocki\u201d \u0219i s\u0103 interpreteze o alt\u0103 melodie celebr\u0103, \u201eThree Men on a Date\u201d.<\/p>\n
N\u0103scut la New York pe 6 decembrie 1923, Dix, pe numele s\u0103u Thomas Paine Navard, a avut probleme serioase de s\u0103n\u0103tate \u00een copil\u0103rie.<\/p>\n
La sf\u00e2r\u0219itul anilor 1930, Dix a c\u00e2ntat la radio \u0219i a fost invitat s\u0103 sus\u021bin\u0103 o prob\u0103 la Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air c\u00e2nd avea doar 15 ani. A primit o burs\u0103 de patru ani la Manhattan High School of Music and Art \u0219i la Julliard School of Music.<\/p>\n
\u00cen 1940, Dix a interpretat compozi\u021bia sa original\u0103 \u201eThe March of Dimes\u201d, pe care a dedicat-o organiza\u021biei de caritate, dup\u0103 care Sara Roosevelt, mama pre\u0219edintelui Franklin D. Roosevelt, l-a vizitat \u00een culise pentru a-l felicita.<\/p>\n
Tot \u00een acel an, a ajuns la Broadway \u2013 \u0219i a c\u00e2ntat ca membru al ansamblului The Corn Is Green.<\/p>\n
Dix a intrat \u00een armata SUA \u00een 1943 \u0219i a avut apari\u021bii \u00een uniform\u0103 militar\u0103 pentru a ajuta la v\u00e2nzarea obliga\u021biunilor de r\u0103zboi \u00een valoare de 3 milioane de dolari \u00een sudul SUA.<\/p>\n
Dup\u0103 al Doilea R\u0103zboi Mondial, a c\u00e2ntat \u00een cluburi de noapte \u0219i hoteluri din toat\u0103 \u021bara \u0219i a semnat un contract cu Coronet Records. Apoi a acceptat un loc de munc\u0103 la depozitul de cherestea al socrului s\u0103u din Birmingham, Alabama, \u0219i \u00een cele din urm\u0103 a devenit vicepre\u0219edinte al companiei de cherestea. Ulterior a ob\u021binut o diplom\u0103 \u00een inginerie arhitectural\u0103 la Universitatea din Alabama.<\/p>\n
Dix a ajuns s\u0103 se ocupe de imobiliare \u0219i construc\u021bii \u00een Maryland \u0219i Sarasota, Florida, \u00eenainte de a se pensiona, \u00een 1986.<\/p>\n
Dix a fost c\u0103s\u0103torit de patru ori (de dou\u0103 ori cu aceea\u0219i femeie) \u0219i a avut \u0219apte copii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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