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  • Category: Radio
  • Star rank: 1867
  • Address:
    1612 Vine St
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
  • GPS location:
    34.101285, -118.326539

Morton Downey

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Biography

Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985) was a singer popular in the United States, enjoying his greatest success in the 1930s and 1940s. Downey was nicknamed “The Irish Nightingale”.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Sean Morton Downey
  • Also known as: Morton James
  • Born: November 14, 1901
  • Origin: Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.
  • Died: October 25, 1985 (aged 83)
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instruments: Vocalist, piano

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