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Died. Willie Howard (real name: William Levkowitz), 62, wizened, mop-haired stage comic who convulsed theatergoers for half a century with his low-comedy antics (best known routine: his characterization of Professor Pierre Ginsberg, a French language teacher); of a liver ailment; in Manhattan. The son of a cantor, Vaudevillian Howard made his debut at twelve as a boy soprano, scored his big hits teamed with older brother Eugene in the Shuberts' Winter Garden revues and George White's Scandals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 24, 1949 | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

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