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May Ruth Brown met Albert Edward Snyder (né Schneider) in 1915 in New York City, when she was 20 years old and he was a 33-year-old artist. The couple had little in common; Brown, who went by her middle name of Ruth to most people and was known as "Tommy" to close friends, was described as vivacious and gregarious, while Snyder was described as quiet and reserved and very much a "homebody".
Ruth Etting was born on November 23, 1896, in David City, Nebraska, to Alfred Etting, a banker, and Winifred Etting (née Kleinhan). [1] Her mother died when she was five years old, while she and Ruth were travelling west. She then lived with her paternal grandparents, George and Hannah Etting. [2]
Selwyn worked as an actress and theater producer. [3] She produced several productions of Broadway comedies and musicals. [4] In 1930, she produced The 9:15 Revue, [5] with formidable writing and performing rosters including Anita Loos, Ring Lardner, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, [6] Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, and Leslie Howard. [4]
In a discussion about the afterlife, George H.W. Bush once told his granddaughter he would be reunited with the young daughter he lost to cancer.
George Ricci [85] 16 December 1927 Murder Peter Seiler [85] 16 December 1927 Murder-Robbery Charles Doran [85] 5 January 1928 Murder-Robbery Louis Mason [85] 5 January 1928 Murder-Robbery Ruth Brown Snyder: 12 January 1928 Murder of her husband Albert Snyder with her lover, Judd Gray: Judd Gray 12 January 1928 Murder of Ruth Snyder's husband ...
Barbara Pierce Bush, daughter of former U.S. president George W. Bush and co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps, smiles while taking part in the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 ...
CHICAGO (WGN) - In the mid-1990s, shortly before he died, late WGN broadcaster Jack Brickhouse passed along a vintage piece of Americana to WGN Morning News anchor Larry Potash. In 1945, the Hall ...
Along with Ruth Etting and Myrl Alderman, Snyder sold his rights to his story to MGM for the film Love Me or Leave Me (1955). [37] James Cagney portrayed Snyder in the film, which was a fictionalized life story of Etting, who was played by Doris Day. Snyder was very dissatisfied with the way he was portrayed in the film. [33]