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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Mel Tormé</b></font><p><img src="mel-torme-6-sized.jpg" height=305 width=246 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Mel Tormé"><b>AKA</b> Melvin Howard Tormé<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/774/000106456/" class=proflink>13-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/924/000105609/" class=proflink>1925</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/457/000069250/" class=proflink>Chicago, IL</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/043/000106722/" class=proflink>5-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/509/000106191/" class=proflink>1999</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/582/000069375/" class=proflink>Los Angeles, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/328/000069121/" class=proflink>Stroke</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/816/000208192/" class="proflink">Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/875/000071662/" class=proflink>Jewish</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/991/000096703/" class=proflink>Singer</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> The Velvet Fog<p><b>Military service:</b> US Army (1944-45)<p><b>Wife:</b> Susan Perry (m. 1949, div.)<br><b>Wife:</b> Arlene Niles (m. 1956, div. 1965)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/024/000091748/">Janette Scott</a> (actress, m. 1966, div. 1977)<br><b>Wife:</b> Ali Severson (m. 1984, until his death)<br><b>Son:</b> Tracey Tormé<br><b>Son:</b> Steve March<br><p> High School: Hyde Park High School, Chicago, IL<br><p> Endorsement of <a href="/company/827/000060647/">Revlon</a> Charlie (1974)<br> <a href="/honors/901/000044769/">Grammy</a> Best Jazz Vocalist 1982<br> <a href="/honors/901/000044769/">Grammy</a> Best Jazz Vocalist 1983<br> <a href="/event/479/000159999/">Tonsillectomy</a> <br> <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> 8-Aug-1996<br> <a href="/lists/591/000044459/">Russian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/947/000089680/">A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (31-Dec-1992)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/856/000035751/">The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (28-Jun-1991)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/447/000084195/">Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (24-Sep-1988)</a> · Daffy Duck<br> <a href="/films/267/000240544/">A Man Called Adam (3-Aug-1966)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/579/000083330/">The Patsy (2-Aug-1964)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/725/000258948/">The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (Dec-1960)</a> <br> <a href="/films/716/000035611/">Walk Like a Dragon (1-Jun-1960)</a> <br> <a href="/films/410/000083161/">Girls Town (5-Oct-1959)</a> <br> <a href="/films/712/000219055/">The Big Operator (Aug-1959)</a> <br> <a href="/films/535/000161052/">The Fearmakers (Oct-1958)</a> · Barney Bond<br> <a href="/films/346/000107025/">Duchess of Idaho (14-Jul-1950)</a> · Cyril<br> <a href="/films/619/000035514/">Words and Music (9-Dec-1948)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/618/000035513/">Good News (26-Dec-1947)</a> · Danny<br> <a href="/films/586/000252827/">Junior Miss (16-Jun-1945)</a> <br> <a href="/films/897/000108573/">Higher and Higher (1943)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a 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