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Al Dubin

AKA Alexander Dubin

Born: 10-Jun-1891
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Died: 11-Feb-1945
Location of death: New York City [1]
Cause of death: Accident - Overdose
Remains: Buried, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Songwriter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Lullaby of Broadway

Military service: US Army (305th Field Artillery, WWI)


[1] Roosevelt Hospital.

Father: Simon Dubin (physician)
Mother: Minna (chemist)
Wife: Helen McClay (showgirl, m. 19-Mar-1921, div. 1943)
Daughter: Patricia (b. 26-Nov-1922)
Wife: Edwina Coolidge (m. 23-Feb-1943, div. 1943)

    High School: Northeast M. T. High School, Philadelphia, PA
    High School: Perkiomen Seminary (expelled 1911)

    Oscar for Best Music Original Song for Gold Diggers of 1935 (shared)
    Songwriters Hall of Fame 1971
    Expelled from School
    Converted to Catholicism 1921 (from Judaism)
    Risk Factors: Obesity, Gambling

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    A Very Honorable Guy (5-May-1934)



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