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Nina is a former beauty
queen and George´s dad worked in or with media all his life.
He used to be a talkshow and radio host,broadcast journalist and
I´m sure he did a lot more jobs according to this field
that I don´t know of. Nina and Nick Clooney are living in
Augusta, Kentucky, USA
Nick Clooney is still active as a journalist. He writes for The
CINCI Post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Write to him in
care of The Post at 125 E. Court St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
E-mails sent to Nick at postliving@cincypost.com will be forwarded
to him via regular mail.
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Rosemary Clooney (†) |
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Rosemary Clooney in
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Aunt Rosemary Clooney
She used to be a famous jazz singer. 21 y.o.
George moved from Kentucky to his aunt in Hollywood, keen on getting
his foot into acting business. He lived in her house for about
a year.
Rosemary saw her mission in life to simply be
singing. She said, "I just would like to keep singing. As
soon as I'm not singing well, I hope that I know it, so that I
can get off the stage and leave what I have done. I hope I'll
know, and if I don't, I hope somebody tells me." Rosemary's
last performance was December 15, 2001 at the Count Basie Theatre
in Redbank, NJ and she was still singing beautifully.
In January of 2002, Rosemary underwent lung cancer
surgery. She remained hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic until early
May, at which time she was able to go home to Beverly Hills and
share Mother's Day and her birthday with her family, which includes,
five children, ten grandchildren, brother and sister-in-law Nick
and Nina Clooney, sister Gail Stone Darley and their and Betty's
children. She died on June 29, 2002.
Rosemary recorded 25 albums for Concord Jazz and
maintained a busy touring schedule up until her cancer surgery
in January 2002. In the year preceeding her death, she had toured
in England, Dublin, Honolulu, New York City, and many cities in
between.
In George's directing debut "Confessions
of a dangerous mind", Rosemary ist mentioned twice. In the
very beginning by an actor and in the end you hear the song "There's
no business like show business" performd by her.
Rosemary
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