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American. Known for. Swimming feats and murder by her father. The Aquatots were American siblings Russell "Bubba" Tongay and Kathy Tongay who performed daring swimming feats at a very young age. Bubba was seven years old and Kathy was five when the Tongays' father killed Kathy in 1953.
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- Russell Tongay, 1945 (age 77–78), Florida, United States
Aug 21, 2019 · 21st August 2019 • 4 min read. 5-year-old Kathy and 7-year-old Russell "Bubba" Tongay shot to fame as the “Aquatots.”. The brother-sister duo performed swimming and diving feats around the world. Sadly Kathy met an untimely death at the hands of her domineering father.
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May 8, 2003 · MIAMI: Russell Tongay, father of Kathy Tongay, five-year-old swimming star who suddenly died, was arrested after an autopsy disclosed that the child had been brutally beaten. The Miami...
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Print. Share. Reprints. Follow @TIME. Squat Russell Tongay could hardly wait to make a swimmer out of his first-born son. As a high-school boy in St. Louis, barrel-chested Russ was a sprint...
Sep 5, 2008 · Russell Tongay cheerfully dropped his preschoolers into the Mississippi River. Two-year-old Kathy made it five miles before he pulled her out. Her five-year-old brother Bubba finally staggered to shore after 22 miles.
Also, the Tongay's had another sibling, Rusty, that had drowned in the bath in 1951. He was just 18 months old. There were reports that a head injury had caused him to drown and many locals speculated Russell had hit him across the head when he re-surfaced during a grueling training session.
Mar 25, 2008 · On a sunny June day in 1950, Russell Tongay plopped his two towheaded children into the murk of the Mississippi River, 22 miles upstream from St. Louis. Russell Jr., known as Bubba, 4, and...
