Daniel Hale “Dan” Rowan (22 July 1922 – 22 September 1987) was an American comedian. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was featured in the television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where he played straight man to Dick Martin. Here Comes The Judge redirects here for the 1968 song see Shorty Long. A double act, also known as a Comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners usually of the same Thomas Richard Martin ( January 30 1922 &ndash May 24 2008) was an American comedian and director best known for his role

Born on a carnival train near the small town of Beggs, Oklahoma, under the name of “Daniel Hale David”, Rowan toured with his parents, Oscar and Nellie David, in a carnival in a singing and dancing act. A traveling carnival is an amusement show that may be made up of Amusement rides, food vendors merchandise vendors games of chance and skill thrill acts animal acts Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1364 at the 2000 census. He was orphaned at age 11, spent four traumatic years at the McClelland Home in Pueblo, Colorado, then was taken in by a foster family at age 16 and enrolled in Pueblo's Central High School. The City of Pueblo (ˈpwɛbloʊ is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County

After graduating from high school, he hitchhiked to Los Angeles, California, in 1940 and found a job in the mailroom at Paramount Pictures; quickly ingratiating himself with studio head Buddy DeSylva, a year later he became Paramount's youngest staff writer. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva ( January 27 1895 - July 11 1950) was an American songwriter and film producer

WWII

During World War II, Rowan served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage other aircraft and typically pilots a Fighter aircraft. The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. He flew P-40s and scored two kills against Japanese aircraft before he was shot down and seriously wounded over New Guinea. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known His military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart. The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in An oak leaf cluster or oakleaves is a common device which is placed on U The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States which was established by Executive Order 9158 signed by Franklin D The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving

Comedy team

Dan Rowan and Dick Martin as caricatured for NBC by Sam Berman

After his discharge, he returned to California where he teamed with Dick Martin and started a comedy night-club act. Thomas Richard Martin ( January 30 1922 &ndash May 24 2008) was an American comedian and director best known for his role Sam Berman (born 1906 was a leading caricaturist of the 1940s and 1950s Thomas Richard Martin ( January 30 1922 &ndash May 24 2008) was an American comedian and director best known for his role The team had appeared on television before, but it was not until the success of a summer special in 1967 that they found fame on Laugh-In.

In 1946 he married the 1945 Miss America first-runner-up Phyllis J. The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Mathis and had three children: Thomas Patrick (born 2 October 1947), Mary Ann (born 1 November 1949), and Christie Esther (born 13 September 1951). Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January He and Mathis were later divorced. In 1963 Rowan married again. His second wife was Australian model Adriana Van Ballegooyen (born 5 May 1942). Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His daughter Mary was briefly married to Peter Lawford. Peter Sydney Lawford (September 7 1923 &ndash December 24 1984 was an English-born American Actor, member of the " Rat Pack," and brother-in-law

Rowan retired to Florida. He was a type II diabetic and heavy smoker, who died of lymphatic cancer at the age of 65 in Manasota Key, Florida. Diabetes mellitus type 2 or Type 2 Diabetes (formerly called non - Insulin -dependent Diabetes mellitus (NIDDM or adult-onset diabetes is a metabolic Lymphoma a type of Neoplasm that originates in Lymphocytes (a type of White blood cell in the vertebrate Immune system) Manasota Key is a Census-designated place (CDP in Charlotte County, Florida, United States.

In 1986, a book of letters written between himself and author John D. MacDonald was published entitled A Friendship: The Letters of Dan Rowan and John D. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created John Dann MacDonald ( July 24, 1916 &ndash December 28, 1986) was an American Author. MacDonald, 1967-1974.

References

Obituary, Los Angeles Times 23 September 1987. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)

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Obituary - New York Times, 23 September 1987

External links

• Dan Rowan at the Internet Movie Database