Eddie Fisher Overview:

Actor, Eddie Fisher, was born Edwin John Fisher on Aug 10, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fisher died at the age of 82 on Sep 22, 2010 in Berkeley, CA and was laid to rest in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Colma, CA.

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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Television and Recording.

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(August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010).

By Dawn on Sep 24, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

(August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010). He will be greatly missed as a talented singer and entertainer, who was one of the world's most famous and singers in the 1950s, selling millions of records and having his own TV show. He was married to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, an... Read full article


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By Brandie on Sep 24, 2010 From True Classics

Pop singer and occasional classic movie actor has passed away at the age of 82. Perhaps best known today as the father of Star Wars actress and snark-tastic writer Carrie Fisher and television stalwart Joely Fisher, was one of the most popular singers of the 1950s. His mar... Read full article


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Ex-father-in-law of Paul Simon.

Around 1956, Eddie Fisher and his agent Lew Wasserman were discussing roles for Fisher's acting debut. A project being discussed at the time was "What Makes Sammy Run?" by Budd Schulberg and Stuart Schulberg. Fisher wanted to play aggressive producer Sammy Glick, "the ultimate Jewish hustler. I knew a lot of real Sammy Glicks and I felt confident that was a character I could play." Lew Wasserman decided that the character was too much of a classic negative Jewish stereotype and that it would be bad for Fisher to play it. So Fisher went in the complete opposite direction (in retrospect, perhaps too far) with then-wife Debbie Reynolds in the squeaky clean comedy that Fisher hated, Bundle of Joy (1956), a film made to capitalize on the birth of their daughter, future Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) "Princess Leia" Carrie Fisher. The Schulberg project "What Makes Sammy Run?" was eventually produced in two parts for

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