Fred Astaire

(1899-1987) born in Omaha. Dancer, singer, actor, recipient of three Emmy and three Golden Globe Awards and an honorary Academy Award, appeared on cover of Newsweek, September 7, 1935 and July 6, 1953, ranked 5th greatest screen legend by American Film Institute in 1999. Consult Current Biography (1964) 13-14 and Lincoln Journal Star, May 9, 1999, pp. E-1, E-2 and American National Biography, Vol 1 (1999) 693-695 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 2 (1999) 36-38.

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