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Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor.
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Overview. Born. June 12, 1928 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died. February 11, 2018 · Miami Beach, Florida, USA (complications from a respiratory illness) Birth name. Vito Rocco Farinola. Height. 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) Mini Bio. At fourteen he worked as an usher at the NYC Paramount Theatre.
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- February 11, 2018
Vic Damone. He managed to escape the mob’s shadow, but not Sinatra’s. B. 1928. BY ANTHONY GIARDINA. If, in the post-World War II era, the years before “The Voice” and “America’s Got Talent,” you...
Vic Damone. Soundtrack: Payback. At fourteen he worked as an usher at the NYC Paramount Theatre. His father was an electrician who played guitar and his mother taught piano. Damone attended PS 163 and sang in St. Finbar's choir and later attended the Alexander Hamilton Vocational High School and then Lafayette High School in Brooklyn.
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- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Feb 12, 2018 · Vic Damone, the postwar crooner whose intimate, rhapsodic voice captivated bobby soxers, middle-age dreamers and silver-haired romantics in a five-decade medley of America’s love songs and...
Feb 12, 2018 · Singer Vic Damone poses for a portrait circa 1978. -- Singer and actor Vic Damone, one of the generation of crooners that included Frank Sinatra, died Sunday in Miami Beach, Florida, at age 89.
The Damone story began in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, 68 years ago, where he was born, Vito Farinola. Later he changed his name to Vic (it sounded smoother) and to Damone, his mother’s maiden name, for show business purposes.
