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- Birth
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Strasburg, Emmons County, North Dakota, USA
- Death
- 17 May 1992 (aged 89)
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Burial
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Holy Cross Cemetery
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.9941139, Longitude: -118.3816605
- Plot
- Section Y, Tier 10, Grave 110
- Memorial ID
- 1547 · View Source
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Jazz Bandleader, Musician. He is best remembered for his television show, "The Lawrence Welk Show" which ran for 27 years, from 1955 to 1982. Born on a farm in Strasburg, North Dakota, the sixth of nine children, his parents were Alsatian Germans, and he dropped out of school in fourth grade. Since virtually everyone in his community was German, he grew up speaking German, not learning English until he was 21. As a result, his unique accent never left him. When he was 17, he realized that he would never be a farmer. He wanted to learn music instead, becoming an accordion player. Apparently, his father had different ideas, as he did not leave North Dakota until he was 21. In later years, he would donate money to his birthplace, Strasburg, but always on the condition that none of the money would go to restoring his family's farm. Of his life between 1924 and 1955, not much is known, except that he started his band and made a good living. He developed his trademark "Ah wun, Ah two" introduction and first used his Champagne bubble machine at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His music show started in 1955 as a summer-replacement show, and quickly grew in audience appeal, going on for an incredible 27 continuous years. His show-business formula was simple: easy-listening family music (what he called "Champagne Music"), and wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers. In the early years, the show was called "The Dodge Dancing Party" after the sponsor, Dodge automobiles. As his success grew, the name was changed to "The Lawrence Welk Show." ABC canceled his show in 1971 after 17 years because the show's sponsors and network directors wanted to gear the show to younger, more urban audiences, and the majority of Welk's audiences were older people. In a bold move, Welk then began producing the show for first-run syndication, and he was quickly back on the air, where he remained for eleven more years until his retirement in 1982. Many of the stations that carried his syndicated show were ABC affiliates. He co-wrote several books with Bernice McGheehan, including "Wunnerful! Wunnerful!" (1969), "My America, Your America" (1971), and "My Musical Family Album" (1978). He founded the Lawrence Welk Resort and Country Club in Escondido, California, and a second resort in Branson, Missouri, which is operated by his son, Lawrence Jr. He died in Santa Monica, California, of pneumonia at the age of 89.
Jazz Bandleader, Musician. He is best remembered for his television show, "The Lawrence Welk Show" which ran for 27 years, from 1955 to 1982. Born on a farm in Strasburg, North Dakota, the sixth of nine children, his parents were Alsatian Germans, and he dropped out of school in fourth grade. Since virtually everyone in his community was German, he grew up speaking German, not learning English until he was 21. As a result, his unique accent never left him. When he was 17, he realized that he would never be a farmer. He wanted to learn music instead, becoming an accordion player. Apparently, his father had different ideas, as he did not leave North Dakota until he was 21. In later years, he would donate money to his birthplace, Strasburg, but always on the condition that none of the money would go to restoring his family's farm. Of his life between 1924 and 1955, not much is known, except that he started his band and made a good living. He developed his trademark "Ah wun, Ah two" introduction and first used his Champagne bubble machine at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His music show started in 1955 as a summer-replacement show, and quickly grew in audience appeal, going on for an incredible 27 continuous years. His show-business formula was simple: easy-listening family music (what he called "Champagne Music"), and wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers. In the early years, the show was called "The Dodge Dancing Party" after the sponsor, Dodge automobiles. As his success grew, the name was changed to "The Lawrence Welk Show." ABC canceled his show in 1971 after 17 years because the show's sponsors and network directors wanted to gear the show to younger, more urban audiences, and the majority of Welk's audiences were older people. In a bold move, Welk then began producing the show for first-run syndication, and he was quickly back on the air, where he remained for eleven more years until his retirement in 1982. Many of the stations that carried his syndicated show were ABC affiliates. He co-wrote several books with Bernice McGheehan, including "Wunnerful! Wunnerful!" (1969), "My America, Your America" (1971), and "My Musical Family Album" (1978). He founded the Lawrence Welk Resort and Country Club in Escondido, California, and a second resort in Branson, Missouri, which is operated by his son, Lawrence Jr. He died in Santa Monica, California, of pneumonia at the age of 89.
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Parents
- Ludwig Welk 1864–1937
- Christina Schwahn Welk 1870–1940
Spouse
- Fern Veronica Renner Welk 1903–2002 (m. 1931)
Siblings
- John Welk 1893–1975
- Anna Mary Welk Mattern 1895–1993
- Barbara Welk Deringer 1895–1985
- Louie Welk 1898–1957
- Agatha Welk Ternes 1900–1979
- Michael Ludwig "Mike" Welk 1905–1983
- Eva Welk 1909–2006
Children
- Donna Lee Welk Mack 1937–2018
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