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Ernest Gold
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Born
July 13
,
1921
·
Vienna, Austria
Died
March 17
,
1999
·
Santa Monica, California, USA
(complications from a stroke)
Birth name
Ernst Siegmund Goldner
Mini Bio
Ernest Gold was born on July 13, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer, known for
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
,
Exodus (1960)
and
On the Beach (1959)
. He was married to Jeanette (Jan) Keller,
Marni Nixon
and Ruth Andree Golbin. He died on March 17, 1999 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Family
Spouses
Jeanette (Jan) Keller
(February 27, 1975 - March 17, 1999) (his death)
Marni Nixon
(May 22, 1950 - August 1, 1969) (divorced, 3 children)
Ruth Andree Golbin
(July 20, 1943 - April 27, 1949) (divorced)
Children
Andrew Gold
Trivia
He wrote a full length opera when he was 13-years-old.
Children with
Marni Nixon
:
Andrew Gold
(b. 2 August 1951), Martha Gold Carr (b. 22 July 1953),
Melanie Gold
(b. 19 September 1962).
He moved with his widowed father and sister to New York on 3 October 1938 after Nazi Germany annexed Austria.
One stepson with Jan Keller Gold: Robert Light, Jr.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6434 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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