Dean Olsher Remembers Musician Cab Calloway From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: November 19, 1994 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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11-19-1994

DANIEL ZWERDLING, Host: Cab Calloway is dead. The famed singer and band leader died last night at a nursing home in Delaware. He was 86 years old. Dean Olsher prepared this remembrance of the hi-de-ho man.

DEAN OLSHER, Reporter: With his trademark, oversize zoot suit, wide-brimmed hat and watch chain that dangled around his knees, Cab Calloway's stage persona of Minnie the Moocher transcended its jazz origins and became...

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