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Fred Karno

Background information
Birth name(s):	Frederick John Westcott
Date of birth:	March 26, 1866(1866-03-26)
Birth location:	Exeter, England
Date of death:	September 18, 1941 (aged 75)
Genre(s):	Music hall comedian & theatre impresario
Spouse(s):	Edith -1927(d) Marie Moore 1927-1941

Frederick John Westcott (March 26, 1866 - September 18, 1941), best known by the stage name Fred Karno, was a theatre impresario of the British music hall. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960 A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Impresario, from the Italian impresa an enterprise or undertaking is a traditional term still very much in use in the Entertainment industry for Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Impresario, from the Italian impresa an enterprise or undertaking is a traditional term still very much in use in the Entertainment industry for Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960

Karno was born in Exeter, England, in 1866. Exeter ( (IPA ˈeksɪtər is a city, district and County town of Devon, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A slapstick comedy pioneer, Karno is credited with inventing the cream-pie-in-the-face gag. Among the young comedians who worked for him were Charlie Chaplin and Stanley Jefferson, who would later adopt the name of Stan Laurel. Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer These were part of what was known as "Fred Karno's Army", a phrase still occasionally used in the UK to refer to a chaotic group or organization.

With the advent of cinema, the music hall's popularity declined. As a result of this decline, Karno went bankrupt in 1926, and his wife Edith, from whom he had been separated since 1904, died a year later of diabetes - passing away in her sleep on May 24, 1927. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Three weeks later, Karno married his longtime mistress Marie Moore. Marie Moore (born May 1, 1967 in Sydney Nova Scotia) is a former international butterfly Swimmer from Canada.

He died of diabetes at the age of 75. Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc

His houseboat, the Astoria, on the River Thames at Hampton, Middlesex, is now used as a recording studio by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. A houseboat is a Boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a Human Dwelling. The Astoria is a house boat turned recording studio owned by David Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound Pink Floyd are David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers

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