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- Died
- Birth namePierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr.
- Pete Fountain was born on July 3, 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Dolly (1987), The Danny Kaye Show (1963) and The Lively Ones (1962). He was married to Beverly Lang. He died on August 6, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- SpouseBeverly Lang(October 27, 1951 - August 6, 2016) (his death, 3 children)
- Dixieland clarinetist.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997.
- When asked why he left "The Lawrence Welk Show" he replied, "Because bourbon and champagne don't mix."
- Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
- He took up the clarinet on the advice of a doctor, who said it would help improve his lung capacity.
- [Referring to the bandleader finding out that Fountain had been drinking before a performance, which was against Welk's sobriety rule] He [Lawrence Welk] put me in the front, and made me play one [song] after the other, waiting for me to make a mistake. The more I played, the hotter I got. So he finally backed off.
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