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Feb 8, 2020 · Joy. Valderrama. Abbott. Entertainer, Entrepreneur. She was a native-Hawaiian, who was dubbed the Shirley Temple of Hawaii, with her childhood singing and dancing routines. Born Joy Valderrama, the second of four daughters, her parents had relocated to Hawaii from the Philippines before she was born.
Feb 11, 2020 · Joy Valderrama Abbott was known for her Hawaiian dancing and her 24-year courtship with Broadway legend George Abbott. They married when he was 96 and she was 52. She died Saturday at age 88.
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Feb 15, 2020 · Joy Valderrama Abbott, a theater insider in multiple markets — New York’s Broadway, Miami, Philadelphia and Honolulu — died Feb. 8 in her Miami Beach, Fla., home. She was 88. She was the widow...
It is with deep sadness we relate that one of our most luminous shining stars, Joy Valderrama Abbott (EDU '52), passed away this past weekend, Saturday, February 8th, 2020 at the age of 88. Joy was truly a legend of musical theater, an ebullient presence with a zeal for life and passion for the arts.
Nov 24, 1983 · George Abbott, the 96-year-old Broadway producer, was married Monday in his Miami Beach home to Joy Moana Valderrama, president of a Philadelphia retail fur company. The couple met more than...
Jun 25, 2021 · June 25, 2021 by Wayne Harada. JOY-FULL FAREWELL AT WAIALAE BEACH. Colleagues and friends of the late Joy Valderrama Abbott bid her a final adieu at a mid-day gathering Wednesday (June 23) at Waialae Beach near the park. They couldn’t let the coronavirus further delay a memorial gathering.
Feb 18, 2020 · PHILADELPHIA - Temple University mourns the loss of one of its Athletics Hall of Famers with the passing of women's tennis great Joy Valderrama Abbott. She was 88. Mrs. Valderrama Abbott was undefeated in women's tennis singles and doubles at Temple, while also serving as captain of the team.
