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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 06:07 PM Jul 2012

RIP Tony Martin (wow he lived to age 98)

http://www.news.com.au/news/butterscotch-baritone-dead-at-98/story-fnejlvvj-1226439035652


'Butterscotch baritone' dead at 98


AP
July 31, 2012 4:08AM


Read more: http://www.news.com.au/news/butterscotch-baritone-dead-at-98/story-fnejlvvj-1226439035652#ixzz2297sY14L


TONY Martin, the romantic singer who appeared in movie musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s, has died, aged 98.

Martin also sustained a career in records, television and nightclubs from the Depression era into the 21st century.

He died of natural causes on Friday evening at his West Los Angeles home, his friend and accountant Beverly Scott said yesterday.

A peer of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, Martin sang full voice in a warm baritone that carried special appeal for his female audience. Among his hit recordings were "I Get Ideas," ''To Each His Own," ''Begin the Beguine" and "There's No Tomorrow

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