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Born October 6, 1898 • Menominee • Michigan
Died October 28, 1974 (aged 76) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Arise, My Love” • “Death Takes a Holiday” • “Easy Living” • “Hands Across the Table” • “Hold Back the Dawn” • “Lady in the Dark” • “Midnight” • “No Man of Her Own” • “Remember the Night” • “Swing High, Swing Low” • “Take a Letter, Darling” • “The Big Broadcast of 1937” • “The Big Broadcast of 1938” • “To Each His Own”

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