FRED ASTAIRE The Boston Globe | June 23, 1987 | Copyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

My voice will crack if I sing it," the singer protested. "No, it won't," the composer replied. "I wrote it especially for you." Fred Astaire relented, and on Nov. 7, 1932, at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, he sang "Night and Day" in the premiere of Cole Porter's hit musical "Gay Divorce."

He never wiped out battalions with a submachine gun, waved a pistol, led a car chase, nor threw a punch. He never bared his chest nor even kissed on screen. Yet he was the most influential movie star of his generation.

Fred Astaire, who died yesterday at 88, was a legend who made it look easy, a ...

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