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Death. The grave of Irving Berlin in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York City. Berlin died in his sleep at his 17 Beekman Place town house in Manhattan on September 22, 1989, of a heart attack and other natural causes at the age of 101. He was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.
Irving Berlin, the Russian-born minstrel whose songs like ''Cheek to Cheek'' and ''White Christmas'' became part of the fabric of American life, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan, just...
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May 9, 2024 · Irving Berlin (born May 11, 1888, Mogilyov, Russia [now in Belarus]—died Sept. 22, 1989, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an American composer who played a leading role in the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals.
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Sep 24, 1989 · From Reuters. NEW YORK — Irving Berlin, a Russian Jewish immigrant who never learned to read or write music and became the king of American songwriters with melodies that won the heart of his...
Sep 23, 1989 · Irving Berlin, a Russian immigrant who arrived penniless in the United States in 1893 and grew up to compose some of the most popular and best-loved American music of this century, died...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Berlin had wed Dorothy Goetz in 1912, but she died months after their honeymoon after contracting typhoid fever. His sorrow was heard in his popular ballad "When I Lost You."
Sep 23, 1989 · Songwriter Irving Berlin, who celebrated his adopted homeland with memorable melodies and simple but heartfelt lyrics in such standards as ``God Bless America'' and ``White Christmas,'' died Friday night. He was 101. Berlin died in his sleep at 5:30 p.m., said his son-in-law, Alton E. Peters.
