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- Died
- Birth nameDavid Cunningham Garroway Jr.
- Dave Garroway was born on July 13, 1913 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for I Surrender Dear (1948), It Happened to Jane (1959) and The World Through the Eyes of Children (1975). He was married to Sarah Lee Lippincott, Pamela Wilde and Adele Marie Dwyer. He died on July 21, 1982 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA.
- SpousesSarah Lee Lippincott(March 1, 1980 - July 21, 1982) (his death)Pamela Wilde(August 7, 1956 - April 28, 1961) (her death, 1 child)Adele Marie Dwyer(February 15, 1941 - 1946) (divorced, 1 child)
- Appeared, with all the other surviving "Today Show" hosts, in a week-long 30th-anniversary salute to the program in January 1982.
- His usual sign off was "Peace"
- He once did a commercial for a tall man's clothing line because he stood over six feet tall himself.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 308-309. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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