This day In Comedy: April 17

Born this day in 1905, Arthur Lake (Arthur Silverlake Jr.) Corbin, Kentucky 6' comic actor “Dagwood Bumstead” in Blondie film, radio and television. He died 01/09/1987 of a heart attack at age 81.
Born this day in 1920, Genevieve (Ginette Marguérite Auger) Paris, France, on Jack Paar’s Tonight Show. She died 03/14/2004 of a stroke at age 83.
Born this day in 1896, Señor Wences (Wenceslao Moreno) Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Salamanca, comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, painted faces on his hands and did funny voices. He died 04/20/1999 of natural causes at age 103.		“S'all Right?' S'all Right.” ”Is Easy For You, Is Deefeecult For Me!”
Died this day in 1987, Dick Shawn (Richard Schulefand) aka Richy Shawn, Buffalo, New York, actor The Producers, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Born 12/01/1923, he died of a heart attack while performing on stage at age 63.

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