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Doonican, Val, 1927-2015

LC control no.n 80159406
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingDoonican, Val, 1927-2015
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Variant(s)Doonican, Michael Valentine, 1927-2015
Associated countryGreat Britain
LocatedLondon (England) Beaconsfield (England)
Birth date19270203
Death date20150701
Place of birthWaterford (Ireland)
Place of deathBuckinghamshire (England)
Field of activityPopular music Variety shows (Television programs)
Profession or occupationSingers Television personalities
Found inHis The special years, 1980: t.p. (Val Doonican) jkt. (b. 1927 in Waterford, Ireland)
New York times WWW site, viewed July 6, 2015 (in obituary published July 2: Val Doonican; b. Michael Valentine Doonican, Feb. 3, 1927, Waterford; moved to London, 1951; d. Wednesday [July 1, 2015], Buckinghamshire, aged 88; had lived in Beaconsfield; Irish crooner whose gentle, humorous way with a song and a story on television made him so popular in Britain in the 1960s and '70s that he once dislodged the Beatles from the top of the album charts there; host of The Val Doonican music show, a Saturday-night variety series, 1965-1986)
Associated languageeng