Eddie cantor cause of death

Eddie Cantor (American, 1892–1964)

Cantor was a singer, actor, comedian, dancer, producer, songwriter, and writer. Early television audiences treated him like a family member because his top-rated shows where he revealed humorous stories about his wife and five daughters. His trademark was using his eyes, rolling and exaggerating them for his routines.

By his teens, Cantor was performing on Coney Island and in vaudeville and developed a blackface personality. He then made it to Broadway with the Ziegfeld Follies. Cantor became widely known as a radio personality in the 1930s, becoming the highest paid radio host at the time and appearing in several movies. In 1950, he became the first of several hosts in The Colgate Comedy Hour where he caused a controversy by embracing Sammy Davis Jr. and booking him for more performances when the network threatened to cancel his show.

By Ray Hill

Americans have always been fascinated with entertainers and Eddie Cantor was nothing if not an entertainer.  Cantor was one of those few stars who conquered every popular entertainment medium of his time; stage, film, recording artist, television and radio.  Eddie Cantor could do it all, sing, dance, act, and was a comedian.  Cantor was also a songwriter and there are very few who have not heard the introduction of Warner Brothers’ “Merrie Melodies” cartoons (think Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, etc.); it was Eddie Cantor who wrote, along with two friends, Merrily We Roll Along, which was used by the studio at the beginning of every cartoon from 1937 – 1964.  It was Eddie Cantor who came up with the slogan “March of Dimes” for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Cantor was, in his spare time, also a best-selling author.

Eddie Cantor literally rose from living in a ghetto, going hungry, and never having finished school to becoming one of the biggest stars in the world during his time.  Cantor sang on the streets for pennies, slept on rooftops, and worked any numbe

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