Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Nelson Ackerman Eddy
1901 - 1967 (65 years)
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Name Nelson Ackerman Eddy Birth 29 Jun 1901 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Gender Male Death 6 Mar 1967 Miami Beach, Miami-Dade, Florida Burial Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Person ID I167148 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 24 Nov 2021
Father William Darius "Bill" Eddy, b. 18 Nov 1875, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 3 Nov 1968 (Age 92 years) Mother Caroline Isabel Kendrick, b. 7 Jul 1879, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia d. 19 Dec 1957, , , California (Age 78 years) Marriage 23 Dec 1899 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Family ID F63502 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ann P. Denitz, b. 15 Oct 1894, Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado d. 28 Aug 1987, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 92 years) Marriage 1939 Family ID F63504 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jeanette Anna MacDonald, b. 18 Jun 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 14 Jan 1965, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 61 years) Family ID F63505 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Birth - 29 Jun 1901 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
Death - 6 Mar 1967 - Miami Beach, Miami-Dade, Florida 
Burial - - Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: Email from Matt Kingsley (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 24 Nov 2021. Cites Find a Grave web site memorial 313. Singer and actor, "best remembered for his partnership with singer/actress Jeannette MacDonald in a series of movies during the 1930s. ... In 1933, while performing a concert recital with the Philadelphia Civic Opera, an assistant to famous movie director Louis B. Mayer saw him and signed him to a seven year contract with MGM." See Nelson's Find a Grave page for a lenthy biographical sketch by Kit and Morgan Benson.
!BIOGRAPHY:American singer, baritone and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby soxers and opera purists, and in his heyday, he was the highest paid singer in the world.During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. --Wikipedia, quoted 24 Nov 2021
- !SOURCE: Email from Matt Kingsley (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 24 Nov 2021. Cites Find a Grave web site memorial 313. Singer and actor, "best remembered for his partnership with singer/actress Jeannette MacDonald in a series of movies during the 1930s. ... In 1933, while performing a concert recital with the Philadelphia Civic Opera, an assistant to famous movie director Louis B. Mayer saw him and signed him to a seven year contract with MGM." See Nelson's Find a Grave page for a lenthy biographical sketch by Kit and Morgan Benson.