15 Facts About Harry Richman

Harry Richman's father died when he was 14 years old.

Harry Richman began playing piano in a Cincinnati saloon at age 10.

Harry Richman appeared in several editions of the George White's Scandals in the 1920s to acclaim.

Harry Richman made his feature movie debut in Hollywood in 1930 with the film Puttin' On the Ritz, featuring the Irving Berlin song of the same title, which gave Richman a phonograph record hit that year.

Harry Richman had a residence near the end of his career at the Latin Quarter club in Boston, MA, where he performed on Sundays in late 1941.

Harry Richman largely retired in the 1940s, although he made sporadic appearances, including on television, into the 1950s.

In 1966, Harry Richman released his memoirs, A Hell of a Life.

Harry Richman married for the third and final time in 1943 to Yvonne Day.

Harry Richman was a Democrat, he sang "God Bless America" at the 1940 Democratic National Convention, held at Chicago.

Harry Richman enjoyed sailing; however, his yacht Chevalier II exploded in July 1931, killing one.

The only surviving Vultee V-1, of which only 25 were built, similar to Harry Richman's, is in the Shannon Air Museum in Fredericksburg, Va.

Harry Richman spent most of his fortune lavishly, and his final years were mostly impoverished.

Harry Richman suffered from a long string of illnesses over several years before his death.

On November 3,1972, Harry Richman died in Hollywood, California, at the age of 77.

Harry Richman is buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.