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Helen O'Connell

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Born in:Lima, Ohio,
United States of America
Year of Birth:1920
Year of death:1993

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Helen O'Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s".
Born in Lima, Ohio, O'Connell grew up in Toledo, Ohio. By the time she was 15, she and her older sister, Alice, were singing duets in clubs and hotels and on radio stations in Toledo.
O'Connell launched her career as a big-band singer with Larry Funk and his Band of... more

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