FAMOUS COMEDIAN
CHARLES COBURN DEAD. (Rec. 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, N0v.23. j The death has occurred of the Comedian Charles Coburn, aged 93. He w T as the world’s oldest working comedian. He sang to the troops in six wars, ranging from the Zulu War to the w’ar of 1939-45. He was famous for singing “The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” which was introduced in 1890 and which he sang a quarter of a million times. %
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 306, 24 November 1945, Page 5
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78FAMOUS COMEDIAN Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 306, 24 November 1945, Page 5
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