Tommy Dorsey Overview:

Actor, Tommy Dorsey, was born Thomas Francis Dorsey on Nov 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, PA. Dorsey died at the age of 51 on Nov 26, 1956 in Greenwich, CT .

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Recording. In addition, Dorsey was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame .

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The Dorsey brothers' father, Thomas Dorsey, Sr., was a cornet-playing coal miner who also led the Shenandoah town band and gave music lessons on the side. He was his sons' first teacher. Their mother, Tess Dorsey, would outlive both her sons by several years.

He had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead during his first marriage.

His brother, Jimmy, had an affair with Tommy's second wife, Patricia, before Patricia and Tommy met. Later, at one of Tommy's birthday parties, Jimmy shoved the cake in Patricia's face, leading to a fight between the two brothers.

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