| Birth Day | April 21, 1911 |
| Birth Place | New York |
| Age | 109 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Mar 4, 1960 (age 48) |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Operatic baritone who most notably sang the lead role in Verdi's acclaimed opera, Rigoletto.
He sang in the Radio City Music Hall chorus during the mid-1930s and made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1938.
He died at the age of forty-eight from a cerebral hemorrhage while on stage during a 1960 performance of La Forza del Destino.
He was born in New York to Russian immigrant parents of the Jewish faith. He later converted to the Catholic faith of his wife Agatha.
He and Soprano Leontyne Price performed together for a recording of the Verdi opera Il Trovatore.
