Edwin Jack Fisher was an American singer and actor.
27 Facts About Eddie Fisher
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Eddie Fisher was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show.
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Eddie Fisher's siblings were Sidney, Nettie, Miriam, Janet, Alvin, and Eileen.
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Kate and Joseph divorced when Eddie Fisher was an adult, after 33 years of marriage, and Kate married Max Stup.
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Eddie Fisher attended Thomas Junior High School, South Philadelphia High School, and Simon Gratz High School.
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Eddie Fisher made his radio debut on WFIL, a local Philadelphia radio station.
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Eddie Fisher performed on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, a popular radio show that later moved to television.
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Eddie Fisher was heard in 1949 by Eddie Cantor at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel in the Borscht Belt.
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Eddie Fisher then signed a recording contract with RCA Victor.
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Eddie Fisher was drafted into the US Army in 1951, sent to Fort Hood, Texas, for basic training, and served a year in Korea.
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Eddie Fisher's good looks and strong, melodious tenor voice made him a teen idol and one of the most popular singers of the early 1950s.
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Eddie Fisher had 17 songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and 35 in the Top 40.
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In 1956, Eddie Fisher costarred with then-wife Debbie Reynolds in the musical comedy Bundle of Joy.
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Eddie Fisher played a dramatic role in the 1960 drama Butterfield 8 with second wife Elizabeth Taylor.
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Eddie Fisher recorded the albums Eddie Fisher Today and Young and Foolish.
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When Eddie Fisher was at the height of his popularity, in the mid-1950s, singles, rather than albums, were the primary medium for issuing recordings.
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Eddie Fisher's last album for RCA Victor was an Al Jolson tribute, You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, released in 1968.
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Eddie Fisher's last released album was recorded around 1984 on the Bainbridge record label.
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Eddie Fisher tried to stop the album from being released, but it turned up as After All.
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Eddie Fisher performed in top concert halls all over the United States and headlined in major Las Vegas showrooms.
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Eddie Fisher headlined at the Palace Theater in New York City as well as London's Palladium.
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Eddie Fisher has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television, at 1724 Vine Street.
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Eddie Fisher wrote another autobiography in 1999 titled Been There, Done That.
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Eddie Fisher suffered from knee, back, hearing, and eyesight problems in his later years, the last of which were worsened by complications stemming from cataract removal surgery, and he rarely appeared in public.
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Michalski had worked on several occasions over the years to help Eddie Fisher get his name back on the music charts.
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Eddie Fisher fell and broke his hip on September 9,2010, and died 13 days later on September 22,2010, at his home in Berkeley, California, from complications from hip surgery, at the age of 82.
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Eddie Fisher's ashes were interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park next to his wife Betty Lin who died in 2001.