John Payne

John Payne

male, deceased (1989)
Vaudeville performer, Virginia actor, From Roanoke, Virginia, death from cardiovascular disease, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Columbia University…SunValleySerenade
John Payne (May 23 1912 - December 6 1989) was an American movie actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox film musicals....
Tex Beneke

Tex Beneke

male, deceased (2000)
From Fort Worth, Texas, American jazz saxophonist, jazz singer, American, saxophone, Jazz bandleader…SunValleySerenade, Sun Valley Serenade actor
Tex Beneke (b. Gordon Lee Beneke, February 12, 1914, Fort Worth, Texas - May 30, 2000, Costa Mesa, California) was an American saxophonist, singer,...

Emil Newman

male, deceased (1984)
from Connecticut, composer, b movie, oscar, best picture, American…SunValleySerenade
Emil Newman (January 20, 1911-August 30, 1984) was an American composer and conductor who worked on over 200 films and TV shows. He was nominated...
Chummy MacGregor

Chummy MacGregor

male
jazz musician, piano, American, The Glenn Miller Story, SunValleySerenade, Orchestra Wives
Chummy MacGregor was Glenn Miller’s pianist from 1937-1942. Before his stint with Miller, MacGregor played with Irving Aaronson. He played in Gl...

Maurice Purtill

male
jazz drummer, drummer, SunValleySerenade, Orchestra Wives, Nancy Flake
Maurice Purtill was an American drummer who is best known today as Glenn Miller’s featured drummer from 1938 to 1942. According to Scott Yanow in hi...
Otto Lang

Otto Lang

male, deceased (2006)
ski instructor, death from cardiovascular disease, Mount Baker, film producer, ski, 5 Fingers…sun valley, SunValleySerenade, Sun Valley Ski School
Otto Lang, born in Tešanj, Austria-Hungary, was a skier and pioneer ski instructor in the United States. He founded ski schools on Mount Rainier, M...
Gretchen Fraser

Gretchen Fraser

female, deceased (1994)
Alpine skier at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, Norwegian-American, German-American, From Tacoma, Olympic competitor for the United States…sun valley, SunValleySerenade
Gretchen Kunigk Fraser (February 11 1919 - February 17 1994) was an American alpine skier. She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal...