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Also known as Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg

American pop music singer (1924–2016)

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1924-09-20
Active to
2016-03-10

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Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg (September 20, 1924 – March 10, 2016), known as Gogi Grant, was an American popular singer. She is best known for her No. 1 hit in 1956, "The Wayward Wind". Grant was born as Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of six children of Russian Jewish parents, Rose (née Jacobson) and Alexander Arinsberg. At the age of 12, she moved to Los Angeles, where she attended Venice High School. In California, she won a teenage singing contest and appeared o

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Image
Gogi Grant 2006.jpg
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date of birth
1924-09-20
date of death
2016-03-10
Commons category
Gogi Grant
place of burial
Hillside Memorial Park
start of work period
2016-00-00
writing language
English language
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