On This Date in Minnesota History: November 4

November 4, 1913 – Born Byron Elsworth Barr in St. Cloud, Minn., on this date, actor “Gig Young won an Academy Award for his performance as a slimy dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?”¹  “He took the name ‘Gig Young’ from the character he played in ‘The Gay Sisters.’ His films include ‘Game of Death,’ ‘Young at Heart,’ ‘The Hindenburg,’ ‘The Elite Killer,’ and [‘The Desk Set’ with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy]. His work on television includes ‘The Rogues.’ He shot and killed his fifth wife, German actress Kim Schmidt, after 3 weeks of marriage, then committed suicide.”<sup>2 

1</sup>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig_Young

²http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6120

 

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