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Tormé, Mel, 1925-1999

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Personal name headingTormé, Mel, 1925-1999
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Variant(s)Wyatt, Wesley Butler, 1925-1999
Tormé, Melvin Howard, 1925-1999
See alsoMel-Tones
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Birth date1925-09-13
Death date1999-06-05
Place of birthChicago (Ill.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Lyricists Authors Actors
Found inHis Walk like a dragon, 1960.
Washington Post, June 7, 1999: obit. (died June 5, 1999; singer, composer, writer of novels, biographies, and autobiographies)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Tormé (Torme), Mel(vin Howard); b. Sept. 13, 1925, Chicago; singer and songwriter)
Contemporary authors on Infotrac, Mar. 9, 2006 (Mel(vin Howard) Torme; author, under pseudonym Wesley Butler Wyatt, of the western Dollarhide, 1955; b. Sept. 13, 1925, Chicago, Ill., d. June 5, 1999, Los Angeles, Calif.; singer, songwriter, and actor)
Wikipedia, 9 December 2018 (Mel Tormé; nicknamed The Velvet Fog)