| LC control no. | n 94072847 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lester, Jerry |
| Birth date | 1910-02-16 |
| Death date | 1995-03-23 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Miami (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Comedy Television |
| Profession or occupation | Comedians Singers Radio personalities Television personalities Television talk show hosts |
| Found in | Jimmy Lunceford's jubilee [SR] 197-?: label (Jerry Lester) Wikipedia, Nov. 26, 2019 (Jerry Lester; b. February 16, 1910 in Chicago; d. March 23, 1995 in Miami, FL; American comedian, singer and performer on radio, television and the stage, who hosted the first network late night television program as host of Broadway Open House on NBC, a vaudeville-esque combination of comedy and music, whose success demonstrated the potential for late-night television and led to the creation of the Tonight Show) |
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