http://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=Paul_Lynde&feed=atom&action=historyPaul Lynde - Revision history2024-03-28T23:19:04ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.19.0http://countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php?title=Paul_Lynde&diff=22713&oldid=prevWjhonson at 04:01, 20 November 20102010-11-20T04:01:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul Lynde was born 13 June 1926 in Clinton Township, Knox County, [[Ohio]], the son of [[#Hoy Lynde|Hoy Lynde]] and his wife [[#Sylvia Bell Doup|Sylvia Bell Doup]].  Although Paul's tombstone states his birthyear as 1927, his birth certificate states 1926 (Florenski). Paul grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio graduating from Mount Vernon High School.  He then enrolled in 1944 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook County, [[Illinois]], graduating in 1948.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul Lynde was born 13 June 1926 in Clinton Township, Knox County, [[Ohio]], the son of [[#Hoy Lynde|Hoy Lynde]] and his wife [[#Sylvia Bell Doup|Sylvia Bell Doup]].  Although Paul's tombstone states his birthyear as 1927, his birth certificate states 1926 (Florenski). Paul grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio graduating from Mount Vernon High School.  He then enrolled in 1944 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook County, [[Illinois]], graduating in 1948.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del>Watch me do a trick<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </del>and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</del>s<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</del>Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</del>/s<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>Watch me do a trick<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>s<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></ins>Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>/s<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</del>table<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</del>tr<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</del>td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</del>Paul died 9 Jan 1982 of a heart attack, in Beverly Hills, California.  His funeral was held in Los Angeles.  His body was cremated and the ashes shipped back to Ohio. The ashes and/or urn are buried in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Ohio.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</del>/td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</del>td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</del>http://www.graveaddiction.com/amity/amity2.jpg<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</del>/td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</del>/tr<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</del>/table<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>table<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</ins>tr<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</ins>td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></ins>Paul died 9 Jan 1982 of a heart attack, in Beverly Hills, California.  His funeral was held in Los Angeles.  His body was cremated and the ashes shipped back to Ohio. The ashes and/or urn are buried in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Ohio.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>/td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</ins>td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></ins>http://www.graveaddiction.com/amity/amity2.jpg<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>/td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</ins>/tr<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</ins>/table<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del>Actor Plunges 8 Stories: Window Ledge 'Trick' Proves Fatal<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del>, ''The Independent'' (Pasadena, California), 19 Jul 1965, San Francisco (AP)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>Actor Plunges 8 Stories: Window Ledge 'Trick' Proves Fatal<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>, ''The Independent'' (Pasadena, California), 19 Jul 1965, San Francisco (AP)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Death Certificate data of James B. Davidson (provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com) : <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del>b. 17 December 1940; d. 18 July 1965; Father: James A. Davidson; Mother: Elaine Morearty; SSN: 505-44-3375; Parents lived at 1705 S. Harrison, Grand Island, Nebraska.; Name of Cemetery: Hastings, Nebraska; Name of Funeral Director: Halstead &<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">amp; </del>Co.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Death Certificate data of James B. Davidson (provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com) : <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>b. 17 December 1940; d. 18 July 1965; Father: James A. Davidson; Mother: Elaine Morearty; SSN: 505-44-3375; Parents lived at 1705 S. Harrison, Grand Island, Nebraska.; Name of Cemetery: Hastings, Nebraska; Name of Funeral Director: Halstead & Co.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Obituary provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com : 20 Jul 1965 ''Hastings Tribune'': <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del>James Binger Davidson, 24, who was born in Hastings and spent his boyhood years in the community, plunged to his death Sunday.... A son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson, he moved with his family to Grand Island in 1955 and was graduated from Grand Island high school.... In addition to his parents he leaves a brother and sister, Steven and Susan of Grand Island. Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Butler-Volland Funeral Home.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Obituary provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com : 20 Jul 1965 ''Hastings Tribune'': <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>James Binger Davidson, 24, who was born in Hastings and spent his boyhood years in the community, plunged to his death Sunday.... A son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson, he moved with his family to Grand Island in 1955 and was graduated from Grand Island high school.... In addition to his parents he leaves a brother and sister, Steven and Susan of Grand Island. Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Butler-Volland Funeral Home.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul Lynde was born 13 June 1926 in Clinton Township, Knox County, [[Ohio]], the son of [[#Hoy Lynde|Hoy Lynde]] and his wife [[#Sylvia Bell Doup|Sylvia Bell Doup]].  Although Paul's tombstone states his birthyear as 1927, his birth certificate states 1926 (Florenski). Paul grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio graduating from Mount Vernon High School.  He then enrolled in 1944 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook County, [[Illinois]], graduating in 1948.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul Lynde was born 13 June 1926 in Clinton Township, Knox County, [[Ohio]], the son of [[#Hoy Lynde|Hoy Lynde]] and his wife [[#Sylvia Bell Doup|Sylvia Bell Doup]].  Although Paul's tombstone states his birthyear as 1927, his birth certificate states 1926 (Florenski). Paul grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio graduating from Mount Vernon High School.  He then enrolled in 1944 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook County, [[Illinois]], graduating in 1948.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of Paul's early stage appearances was in the musical <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Anything Goes<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>at the Corning Summer Theater July 1951, playing the part of Billy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of Paul's early stage appearances was in the musical <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Anything Goes<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </ins>at the Corning Summer Theater July 1951, playing the part of Billy.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul was in Leonard Sillman's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>New Faces<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>of 1952 a revue, along with other mentionable new talent of the time [[Eartha Kitt]] and [[Alice Ghostley]].  They played Broadway for a year, and then toured for another year.  Paul appeared on the Red Buttons Show, the Martha Raye Show, and the [[Imogene Coca]] Show between 1952 and 1955.  He appeared on the Steve Allen Show in 1955, and the Arlene Francis Show in 1957.  In 1958 he appeared on The Lux Show.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul was in Leonard Sillman's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>New Faces<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </ins>of 1952 a revue, along with other mentionable new talent of the time [[Eartha Kitt]] and [[Alice Ghostley]].  They played Broadway for a year, and then toured for another year.  Paul appeared on the Red Buttons Show, the Martha Raye Show, and the [[Imogene Coca]] Show between 1952 and 1955.  He appeared on the Steve Allen Show in 1955, and the Arlene Francis Show in 1957.  In 1958 he appeared on The Lux Show.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>On the 17th of July 1965, Paul and his companion James Binger <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Bing<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>Davidson checked into the Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Bing, age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was in the 1963 movie <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Move Over Darling<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner, and had played a part in May 1965 in the 20th Century Fox film <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Take Her She's Mine<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>.  He might be credited as Bing Davidson, or also as J.B. Davidson.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>On the 17th of July 1965, Paul and his companion James Binger <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Bing<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </ins>Davidson checked into the Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Bing, age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was in the 1963 movie <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Move Over Darling<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </ins>starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner, and had played a part in May 1965 in the 20th Century Fox film <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Take Her She's Mine<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>.  He might be credited as Bing Davidson, or also as J.B. Davidson.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Watch me do a trick<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </del>and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</del>s<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></del>Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</del>/s<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Watch me do a trick<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot; </ins>and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</ins>s<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</ins>Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</ins>/s<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Update: A site reader sent me a copy of Bing's death certificate stating that he is buried in Hastings, and an Amity Cemetery volunteer has just confirmed with me that Bing is not buried next to Paul Lynde.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Update: A site reader sent me a copy of Bing's death certificate stating that he is buried in Hastings, and an Amity Cemetery volunteer has just confirmed with me that Bing is not buried next to Paul Lynde.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</del>table<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</del>tr<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</del>td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></del>Paul died 9 Jan 1982 of a heart attack, in Beverly Hills, California.  His funeral was held in Los Angeles.  His body was cremated and the ashes shipped back to Ohio. The ashes and/or urn are buried in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Ohio.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</del>/td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</del>td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></del>http://www.graveaddiction.com/amity/amity2.jpg<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</del>/td<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</del>/tr<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">><</del>/table<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</ins>table<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</ins>tr<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</ins>td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</ins>Paul died 9 Jan 1982 of a heart attack, in Beverly Hills, California.  His funeral was held in Los Angeles.  His body was cremated and the ashes shipped back to Ohio. The ashes and/or urn are buried in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Ohio.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</ins>/td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</ins>td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</ins>http://www.graveaddiction.com/amity/amity2.jpg<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;</ins>/td<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</ins>/tr<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;&lt;</ins>/table<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&gt;</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Actor Plunges 8 Stories: Window Ledge 'Trick' Proves Fatal<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>, ''The Independent'' (Pasadena, California), 19 Jul 1965, San Francisco (AP)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Actor Plunges 8 Stories: Window Ledge 'Trick' Proves Fatal<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>, ''The Independent'' (Pasadena, California), 19 Jul 1965, San Francisco (AP)</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Death Certificate data of James B. Davidson (provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com) : <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>b. 17 December 1940; d. 18 July 1965; Father: James A. Davidson; Mother: Elaine Morearty; SSN: 505-44-3375; Parents lived at 1705 S. Harrison, Grand Island, Nebraska.; Name of Cemetery: Hastings, Nebraska; Name of Funeral Director: Halstead & Co.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Death Certificate data of James B. Davidson (provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com) : <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>b. 17 December 1940; d. 18 July 1965; Father: James A. Davidson; Mother: Elaine Morearty; SSN: 505-44-3375; Parents lived at 1705 S. Harrison, Grand Island, Nebraska.; Name of Cemetery: Hastings, Nebraska; Name of Funeral Director: Halstead &<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">amp; </ins>Co.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Obituary provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com : 20 Jul 1965 ''Hastings Tribune'': <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>James Binger Davidson, 24, who was born in Hastings and spent his boyhood years in the community, plunged to his death Sunday.... A son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson, he moved with his family to Grand Island in 1955 and was graduated from Grand Island high school.... In addition to his parents he leaves a brother and sister, Steven and Susan of Grand Island. Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Butler-Volland Funeral Home.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*Obituary provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com : 20 Jul 1965 ''Hastings Tribune'': <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>James Binger Davidson, 24, who was born in Hastings and spent his boyhood years in the community, plunged to his death Sunday.... A son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson, he moved with his family to Grand Island in 1955 and was graduated from Grand Island high school.... In addition to his parents he leaves a brother and sister, Steven and Susan of Grand Island. Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Butler-Volland Funeral Home.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/paull/ <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Ancestry of Paul Lynde<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>] on Genealogy.com</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/paull/ <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Ancestry of Paul Lynde<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>] on Genealogy.com</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/actors/paul-lynde/ <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>Paul Lynde<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>] on Rotten.com</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/actors/paul-lynde/ <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>Paul Lynde<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&quot;</ins>] on Rotten.com</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>On the 17th of July 1965, Paul and his companion James Binger "Bing" Davidson checked into the Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Bing, age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was in the 1963 movie "Move Over Darling" starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner, and had played a part in May 1965 in the 20th Century Fox film "Take Her She's Mine".  He might be credited as Bing Davidson, or also as J.B. Davidson.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>On the 17th of July 1965, Paul and his companion James Binger "Bing" Davidson checked into the Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Bing, age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was in the 1963 movie "Move Over Darling" starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner, and had played a part in May 1965 in the 20th Century Fox film "Take Her She's Mine".  He might be credited as Bing Davidson, or also as J.B. Davidson.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><s></ins>Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</s></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1960 he appeared on Broadway as the father Henry McAfee in the play ''Bye Bye Birdie''.  He also appeared in the same role in the film version co-starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret which was released in 1963.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1960 he appeared on Broadway as the father Henry McAfee in the play ''Bye Bye Birdie''.  He also appeared in the same role in the film version co-starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret which was released in 1963.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On the 17th of July 1965, </del>Paul <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and his companion James Binger "Bing" Davidson checked into </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Drake Hotel </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">San Francisco.  Bing</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was </del>in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1963 movie "Move Over Darling" starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and had played a part in May 1965 in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20th Century Fox film "Take Her She</del>'s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mine".  He might be credited as Bing Davidson</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or also as J.B. Davidson</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s first appearance on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TV-show ''Bewitched'' was 25 Mar 1965 </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">episode 26 where he played Samantha's driving instructor</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but he would shortly return </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recurring role of Uncle Arthur</ins>, the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">brother of Sam</ins>'s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mother Endora</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">played by [[Agnes Moorehead]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Early on the 18th </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">son </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Grand Island</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Read my write-up </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://knol</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">google</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/k/will-johnson/list-of-</ins>the<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-episodes-</ins>of<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-bewitched/4hmquk6fx4gu/100#view Every Episode </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bewitched]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on Knol</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s first appearance on </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TV-show ''Bewitched'' was </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">episode 26 where he played Samantha's driving instructor</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but he would shortly return </del>in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recurring role of Uncle Arthur</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">brother of Sam</del>'s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mother Endora</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">played by [[Agnes Moorehead]]</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On the 17th of July 1965, </ins>Paul <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and his companion James Binger "Bing" Davidson checked into </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Drake Hotel </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">San Francisco.  Bing</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1963 movie "Move Over Darling" starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and had played a part in May 1965 in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">20th Century Fox film "Take Her She</ins>'s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mine".  He might be credited as Bing Davidson</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or also as J.B. Davidson</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Read my write-up </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://knol</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">google</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/k/will-johnson/list-of-</del>the<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-episodes-</del>of<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-bewitched/4hmquk6fx4gu/100#view Every Episode </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bewitched]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on Knol</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Early on the 18th </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">son </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Grand Island</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cVqVBd </del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">href</del>="http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rsyxanhowixp</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rsyxanhowixp</del><<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/</del>a>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[url</del>=http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">kevrqowulugh</del>.com/]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">kevrqowulugh</del>[/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">url</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, [link</del>=http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">krfmokbqgcbo</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]krfmokbqgcbo[</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">luzksvgschxg</del>.com/</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Paul Lynde==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">===Early Life===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Paul Lynde was born 13 June 1926 in Clinton Township, Knox County, [[Ohio]], the son of [[#Hoy Lynde|Hoy Lynde]] and his wife [[#Sylvia Bell Doup|Sylvia Bell Doup]]. </ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although Paul's tombstone states his birthyear as 1927, his birth certificate states 1926 (Florenski). Paul grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio graduating from Mount Vernon High School.  He then enrolled in 1944 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook County, [[Illinois]], graduating in 1948.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One of Paul's early stage appearances was in the musical "Anything Goes" at the Corning Summer Theater July 1951, playing the part of Billy.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Paul was in Leonard Sillman's "New Faces" of 1952 </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">revue, along with other mentionable new talent of the time [[Eartha Kitt]] and [[Alice Ghostley]].  They played Broadway for a year, and then toured for another year.  Paul appeared on the Red Buttons Show, the Martha Raye Show, and the [[Imogene Coca]] Show between 1952 and 1955.  He appeared on the Steve Allen Show in 1955, and the Arlene Francis Show in 1957.  In 1958 he appeared on The Lux Show.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In 1960 he appeared on Broadway as the father Henry McAfee in the play ''Bye Bye Birdie''.  He also appeared in the same role in the film version co-starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret which was released in 1963.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On the 17th of July 1965, Paul and his companion James Binger </ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bing" Davidson checked into the Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Bing, age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was in the 1963 movie "Move Over Darling" starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner, and had played a part in May 1965 in the 20th Century Fox film "Take Her She's Mine".  He might be credited as Bing Davidson, or also as J.B. Davidson.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Paul's first appearance on the TV-show ''Bewitched'' was in episode 26 where he played Samantha's driving instructor, but he would shortly return in the recurring role of Uncle Arthur, the brother of Sam's mother Endora, played by [[Agnes Moorehead]].</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Read my write-up of [</ins>http://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">knol.google</ins>.com/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">k/will-johnson/list-of-the-episodes-of-bewitched/4hmquk6fx4gu/100#view Every Episode of Bewitched], on Knol</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><table</ins>><<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tr><td>Paul died 9 Jan 1982 of </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">heart attack, in Beverly Hills, California.  His funeral was held in Los Angeles.  His body was cremated and the ashes shipped back to Ohio. The ashes and/or urn are buried in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Ohio.</td</ins>><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><td>http://www.graveaddiction.com/amity/amity2.jpg</td></tr></table></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*"Actor Plunges 8 Stories: Window Ledge 'Trick' Proves Fatal"</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''The Independent'' (Pasadena, California), 19 Jul 1965, San Francisco (AP)</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Death Certificate data of James B. Davidson (provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com) : "b. 17 December 1940; d. 18 July 1965; Father: James A. Davidson; Mother: Elaine Morearty; SSN: 505-44-3375; Parents lived at 1705 S. Harrison, Grand Island, Nebraska.; Name of Cemetery: Hastings, Nebraska; Name of Funeral Director: Halstead & Co."</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Obituary provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com : 20 Jul 1965 ''Hastings Tribune'': "James Binger Davidson, 24, who was born in Hastings and spent his boyhood years in the community, plunged to his death Sunday.... A son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson, he moved with his family to Grand Island in 1955 and was graduated from Grand Island high school.... In addition to his parents he leaves a brother and sister, Steven and Susan of Grand Island. Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Butler-Volland Funeral Home."</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Paul Lynde was born 13 June 1926 in Clinton Township, Knox County, [[Ohio]], the son of [[#Hoy Lynde|Hoy Lynde]] and his wife [[#Sylvia Bell Doup|Sylvia Bell Doup]]. </del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although Paul's tombstone states his birthyear as 1927, his birth certificate states 1926 (Florenski). Paul grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio graduating from Mount Vernon High School.  He then enrolled in 1944 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Cook County, [[Illinois]], graduating in 1948.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One of Paul's early stage appearances was in the musical "Anything Goes" at the Corning Summer Theater July 1951, playing the part of Billy.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Paul was in Leonard Sillman's "New Faces" of 1952 </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">revue, along with other mentionable new talent of the time [[Eartha Kitt]] and [[Alice Ghostley]].  They played Broadway for a year, and then toured for another year.  Paul appeared on the Red Buttons Show, the Martha Raye Show, and the [[Imogene Coca]] Show between 1952 and 1955.  He appeared on the Steve Allen Show in 1955, and the Arlene Francis Show in 1957.  In 1958 he appeared on The Lux Show.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In 1960 he appeared on Broadway as the father Henry McAfee in the play ''Bye Bye Birdie''.  He also appeared in the same role in the film version co-starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret which was released in 1963.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">On the 17th of July 1965, Paul and his companion James Binger </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bing" Davidson checked into the Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Bing, age 24, was a relatively new actor, who had joined the Screen Actors Guild in May 1963.  He was in the 1963 movie "Move Over Darling" starring [[Doris Day]] and James Garner, and had played a part in May 1965 in the 20th Century Fox film "Take Her She's Mine".  He might be credited as Bing Davidson, or also as J.B. Davidson.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his body must have been moved sometime later.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Paul's first appearance on the TV-show ''Bewitched'' was in episode 26 where he played Samantha's driving instructor, but he would shortly return in the recurring role of Uncle Arthur, the brother of Sam's mother Endora, played by [[Agnes Moorehead]].</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Read my write-up of [</del>http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">knol.google</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">k/will-johnson/list-of-the-episodes-of-bewitched/4hmquk6fx4gu/100#view Every Episode of Bewitched], on Knol</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><table</del>><<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tr><td>Paul died 9 Jan 1982 of </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">heart attack, in Beverly Hills, California.  His funeral was held in Los Angeles.  His body was cremated and the ashes shipped back to Ohio. The ashes and/or urn are buried in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Ohio.</td</del>><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><td>http://www.graveaddiction.com/amity/amity2.jpg</td></tr></table></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*"Actor Plunges 8 Stories: Window Ledge 'Trick' Proves Fatal"</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''The Independent'' (Pasadena, California), 19 Jul 1965, San Francisco (AP)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Death Certificate data of James B. Davidson (provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com) : "b. 17 December 1940; d. 18 July 1965; Father: James A. Davidson; Mother: Elaine Morearty; SSN: 505-44-3375; Parents lived at 1705 S. Harrison, Grand Island, Nebraska.; Name of Cemetery: Hastings, Nebraska; Name of Funeral Director: Halstead & Co."</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*Obituary provided courtesy of Joe at paullyndestory.com : 20 Jul 1965 ''Hastings Tribune'': "James Binger Davidson, 24, who was born in Hastings and spent his boyhood years in the community, plunged to his death Sunday.... A son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson, he moved with his family to Grand Island in 1955 and was graduated from Grand Island high school.... In addition to his parents he leaves a brother and sister, Steven and Susan of Grand Island. Arrangements for services and burial will be announced by the Butler-Volland Funeral Home."</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*[</del>http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www.genealogy</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">famousfolks/paull/ "Ancestry of Paul Lynde"</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on Genealogy.com</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*[</del>http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www.rotten</del>.com/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">library</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bio/entertainers/actors/paul-lynde/ "Paul Lynde"</del>] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on Rotten.com</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bodied </del>must have been moved sometime later.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Early on the 18th of July 1965, after they both had been drinking, Bing said "Watch me do a trick" and then stepped out of the window.  He clung for two minutes to the ledge by his fingertips, attempting to pull himself back in, but instead fell eight stories to his death, while passersby screamed and stared.  His death was listed as accidental. His body was shipped back to Grand Island and was buried at Hastings. Bing was the son of James A. Davidson and his wife Elaine Moriarty of Grand Island, Nebraska.  Some online sources, without citation, state that Jim is buried next to Paul in Ohio, but so-far I've not found a primary source for that.  If he is, then his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">body </ins>must have been moved sometime later.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul's first appearance on the TV-show ''Bewitched'' was in episode 26 where he played Samantha's driving instructor, but he would shortly return in the recurring role of Uncle Arthur, the brother of Sam's mother Endora, played by [[Agnes Moorehead]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Paul's first appearance on the TV-show ''Bewitched'' was in episode 26 where he played Samantha's driving instructor, but he would shortly return in the recurring role of Uncle Arthur, the brother of Sam's mother Endora, played by [[Agnes Moorehead]].</div></td></tr>
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