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Dana, Bill, 1924-2017

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingDana, Bill, 1924-2017
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Variant(s)Szathmary, William, 1924-2017
See alsoAlternate identity: Ryder, Tex. S.
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Corporate body: Dana's Raga Time Band
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Birth date1924-10-05
Death date2017-06-15
Place of birthQuincy (Mass.)
Place of deathNashville (Tenn.)
Field of activityStand-up comedy
Profession or occupationComedians Television comedy writers Television actors and actresses
Found inJose Jimenez our secret weapon, 1963: container (Bill Dana)
His Ecolo/jest, 1972.
Ryder, T.S. Cowboy-English/English-cowboy dictionary, 1982: NYPG/RLIN record (hdg.: Dana, Bill; usage: Tex. S. Ryder; "A Dana/Corwin Production")
U.S. copyright file, Aug. 1, 2002 (Dana, Bill, 1924- )
Biog. Resource Center, Aug. 1, 2002 (St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture: b. William Szathmary, Quincy, Mass., Oct. 5, 1924)
Internet movie database, Aug. 1, 2002 (Bill Dana; b. Irving Szathmary, Quincy, Mass., Oct. 5, 1924)
IMDb, Aug. 22, 2005 (Bill Dana; b. Oct. 5, 1924, Quincy, Mass.; Birth name: William Szathmary; brother of Irving Szathmary)
New York times WWW site, viewed June 20, 2017 (in obituary published June 19: Bill Dana; b. William Szathmary, Oct. 5, 1924, Quincy, Mass.; d. Thursday [June 15, 2017], Nashville, aged 92; comedian and comedy writer whose most famous character, the bumbling, English-mangling José Jiménez, provoked anger as well as laughter)
Associated languageeng
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