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Died. Charles ("Pee Wee") Russell, 62, sad-faced but joyful jazz clarinetist, who wailed with Eddie Condon and a host of other Dixieland greats of the '30s and '40s, and in the past decade delighted audiences on four continents by blending his basic blues style with the experimental sounds of Thelonious Monk and Ornette Coleman; of pancreatitis; in Washington...
...year career was highlighted by his portrayal of Cap'n Andy in Broadway's Show Boat; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif. Charlie landed the role of Cap'n Andy in 1927, and by the time Show Boat closed, his famous line, "Hap-pee New Year!," was being imitated by revelers everywhere. After that, in dozens of films (Destry Rides Again, Give My Regards to Broadway), he was type-cast as a bibulous yet benign paterfamilias. Said Winninger: "I've played father to everyone in Hollywood except Charles Laughton...
Cavanagh started playing in the Pee Wee program in Cranston, R.I., and played on an All-State, All-New England team with DeMichele and his younger brother Dave (who is now on the freshman team) his senior year. He was "supposed" to go to Brown, he says, but he decided he wanted to come to Harvard so he took a year at Andover...
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Turco's hockey career started in the Pee Wee program also, but he had begun skating at the age of three. He played varsity football, baseball, and hockey for Melrose High School, and then applied and was accepted at Harvard. He decided, however, that he wanted to take an extra year at prep school, and so he deferred his acceptance at Harvard for one year...