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'''Scatman Crothers''', (1910-1986), born Benjamin Sherman Crothers, was a pioneer of [[scat]] music and actor. He has made appearances as Louie the Garbageman on ''[[Chico and the Man]]'', a psychopath in ''[[The Shining]]'', a senior citizen on ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'', and a janitor in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]. In 1948, he became the first black man to appear on [[Los Angeles]] television. | '''Scatman Crothers''', (1910-1986), born Benjamin Sherman Crothers, was a pioneer of [[scat]] music and actor. He has made appearances as Louie the Garbageman on ''[[Chico and the Man]]'', a psychopath in ''[[The Shining]]'', a senior citizen on ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'', and a janitor in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]. In 1948, he became the first black man to appear on [[Los Angeles]] television. | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/23/obituaries/scatman-crothers-dies-at-76-actor-got-start-in-speakeasies.html Death] in the ''New York Times'' |
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Latest revision as of 19:51, September 26, 2018
Scatman Crothers, (1910-1986), born Benjamin Sherman Crothers, was a pioneer of scat music and actor. He has made appearances as Louie the Garbageman on Chico and the Man, a psychopath in The Shining, a senior citizen on Twilight Zone: The Movie, and a janitor in Hello, Dolly!. In 1948, he became the first black man to appear on Los Angeles television.
- Death in the New York Times