LC control no. | n 80159406 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Doonican, Val, 1927-2015 |
Variant(s) | Doonican, Michael Valentine, 1927-2015 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Located | London (England) Beaconsfield (England) |
Birth date | 19270203 |
Death date | 20150701 |
Place of birth | Waterford (Ireland) |
Place of death | Buckinghamshire (England) |
Field of activity | Popular music Variety shows (Television programs) |
Profession or occupation | Singers Television personalities |
Found in | His 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 language | eng |