1. Richard Benjamin Haymes was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor.
10 Facts About Dick Haymes
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Dick Haymes was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s.
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Dick Haymes was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host, and songwriter.
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Dick Haymes's parents traveled widely and he grew up in France, Montreal, California and Switzerland.
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Dick Haymes joined Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters for 1947 session that produced the Billboard hit "There's No Business Like Show Business", as well as "Anything You Can Do ".
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Dick Haymes appealed, and in 1955 won his battle to remain on the basis that Hawaii was a geographical part of the United States, and thus had never left it.
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Dick Haymes experienced alcoholism and had serious financial problems later in life, by the early 1960s declaring bankruptcy with $500,000 in debts.
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Dick Haymes appeared as unscrupulous doctor Elroy Gantman in a 1974 episode of the TV show Adam-12.
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Dick Haymes's wives included film actresses Joanne Dru, Nora Eddington, Rita Hayworth, and Fran Jeffries.
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Dick Haymes died from lung cancer on March 28,1980, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.