1. Ray Heatherton was an American singer, Broadway musical theatre performer, and a New York City television personality in the early days of the medium.
18 Facts About Ray Heatherton
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Ray Heatherton was born in the New York City suburb of Orange, New Jersey and was first introduced to music upon joining a boys' choir at his church.
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Ray Heatherton sang with the choir until his family moved to another of the city's suburbs, the Long Island village of Floral Park before moving to nearby Rockville Centre.
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Shortly afterward, Ray Heatherton's singing talents came to the attention of the era's best-known radio bandleader-songwriter, Paul Whiteman.
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Ray Heatherton was commissioned and rose to the rank of Captain.
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Ray Heatherton served as Special Services officer of the 9th Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina as well as Guam and Okinawa.
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Ray Heatherton House was one of the first daytime programs on ABC's newly opened New York flagship station WJZ, Channel 7.
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Ray Heatherton's next TV series, The Merry Mailman, was a more successful endeavor.
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In late 1955, Ray Heatherton fell victim to one of the excesses of the Cold War era.
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Ray Heatherton remained on the air for another year and a half, but no longer had a daily venue.
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Ray Heatherton returned to television and radio work three more times during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
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Ray Heatherton married Davenie Ross Watson in 1941, and their 46-year marriage lasted until her death in 1987.
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Times had changed and variety shows, as well as Joey's once-hot career fell victim to changing tastes, while Ray Heatherton was seen on TV at the time as the commercial spokesman for Tropicana Orange Juice.
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Dick Ray Heatherton who, from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s was a drive-time DJ on one of New York's top FM stations, WCBS, worked on his father's final TV effort by signing on as the show's producer.
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On Thursday night, October 11,1984, Ray Heatherton appeared for the last time on WOR-TV, Channel 9 during the station's evening-long celebration of its 35th anniversary on the air.
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Ray Heatherton retained the positions he held since the mid-1980s on the boards of directors of the Long Island Lighting Company and the Garden City Hotel, but he no longer served by the early 1990s.
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In 1993, Ray Heatherton was admitted to the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, where he spent the last four years of his life.
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Ray Heatherton died two and a half months after his 88th birthday.