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    Scatman Crothers

    American entertainer

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  1. He married Helen, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, in 1937. In the 1940s, the couple moved to California. [5] He performed in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City. [citation needed] . Capitol released several of his singles, including "I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird", "Blue-Eyed Sally", and "Television Blues".

  2. Aug 8, 2006 · Hollywood Hills. Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Created by: The Mystery Man. Added: Aug 8, 2006. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 15187890. Source citation. Wife of actor Scatman Crothers. They had one child together.

  3. Nov 26, 1997 · Helen Sullivan was born in 1918. She was the daughter of Hungarian-born John Sullivan and Annie Klitus. She married Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers in the late 1930's. (In 1971, the couple married again.) The couple had one child together. She died in 1997 and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

    • Female
    • November 13, 1918
    • Benjamin Sherman Crothers
    • November 26, 1997
  4. Feb 27, 2017 · Crothers met his future wife, Helen Sullivan, a Steubenville native, at a 1936 gig at Canton’s Commodore Hotel. He was black and she was white. They fell in love and got married in Canton in 1937. “When he went away again, I missed him so much,” Helen Crothers recalled. “He missed me, too, so we decided to get married.

  5. While performing in Canton, Ohio in 1936, Crothers met Helen Sullivan, a white woman from nearby Steubenville. He married her the following year. Their marriage remained intact for the rest of Crothers ’ life.

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  7. Birthday: May 23, 1910 ( Gemini) Born In: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Actors #1761. Film & Theater Personalities #3785. Quick Facts. Also Known As: Benjamin Sherman Crothers. Died At Age: 76. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Helen Sullivan (m. 1937–1986) father: Benjamin Crothers. mother: Fredonia Lewis. Born Country: United States.

  8. In 1936, while working in Canton, OH, he met Helen Sullivan, a white woman from the area; they married the following year and created a bond that lasted the rest of Scatmans life. By the early 1940s, Crothers was a regular in the Chicago Loop, occasionally playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.