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Richard Tucker

AKA Reuben Tucker

Born: 28-Aug-1913
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 8-Jan-1975
Location of death: Kalamazoo, MI
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Queens, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera

Father: Samuel Tucker
Mother: Fanny Chippen
Wife: Sara Perelmuth (sister of Jan Peerce, m. 11-Feb-1936, three sons)

    High School: New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, NY

    New York Metropolitan Opera Principal Tenor (1945-75)






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