Edgar Bergen’s Death – Cause and Date
The ventriloquist Edgar Bergen died at the age of 75. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Father of Candice Bergen, who was the ventriloquist of dummy, Charlie McCarthy. The duo had their own show as part of The Chase and Sanborn Hour.
He married Frances Westerman in 1945 and stayed with her until he departed.
Quotes
"“I’ve never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?” (Edgar Bergen)
"“After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn’t a tourist.” (Edgar Bergen)
"“Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.” (Edgar Bergen)
"“Show me where Stalin is buried and I’ll show you a Communist Plot.” (Edgar Bergen)
"“So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn’t have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!” (Edgar Bergen)