Donna Duncan
Is Arthur Duncan of The Lawrence Welk Show still alive?
After several years of appearances in Europe, Duncan was discovered by Lawrence Welk’s personal manager Sam Lutz....
How old is Arthur Duncan now?
87 years (September 25, 1933)
Donna Duncan
After several years of appearances in Europe, Duncan was discovered by Lawrence Welk’s personal manager Sam Lutz....
87 years (September 25, 1933)
79 years (June 19, 1942)
Welk, who paid the minimum union scale to his cast. “We worked at group scale, which was $110 a week, for 10 years,” Kathy Lennon recalled. “After that he agreed to pay us solo scale, $210 a week.
On October 30, 1977, Ralna and Guy adopted (mentioned on an episode of Tattletales) their daughter, Julie, who was to become an elementary schoolteacher. Part of the appeal of their act was the portrayal of Guy and Ralna as a happily married couple.
It is obvious to me that the numbers are lip synched and mime played... the renditions of Welk’s Greatest Hits thru the years (I.e. Calcutta, Yellow Bird, Apples & Bananas, Winchester Cathedral, Last Date, Baby Elephant Walk) sound exactly the same on the show as they do on the original records...
Guy Hovis and Ralna English – the only married couple ever featured together on TV’s “The Lawrence Welk Show” – may not have found lasting harmony at home, but three decades after their 15-year marriage ended in divorce, the singing duo known as “Guy & Ralna” continue to harmonize onstage, as they will when they play ...
Tanya Welk was born on May 4, 1949 in Glendale, California, USA as Tanya Marie Falappino. She has been married to Kenny Roberts since August 24, 1979. They have two children. She was previously married to Larry Welk.
In an interview, Ralna English stated that her marriage to Guy Hovis ended because, although the two were passionately in love, they never really liked each other. After Lott retired, Hovis and English reunited to perform several concerts.
Now living in Scottsdale, Arizona, English still maintains a busy concert schedule, either performing as a solo act, or with her ex-husband, Hovis.
Tanya Falan Welk-Roberts
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Their harmonies were pure, with Peggy singing the high notes, Kathy the low, and Dianne — known as Dee Dee — and Janet, in the middle. Dee Dee, 72, and Peggy, 71, are retired, but the Lennon Sisters are still harmonizing.
Thomas H. Netherton Jr., age 70, passed away on Jan. 7, 2018 at the VA Hospital in Nashville, TN after contracting the flu which turned into pneumonia and ultimately took his life.
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
75 years (June 15, 1946)
The current line-up of the Lennon Sisters is a trio consisting of Kathy, Janet, and Mimi. They continue to tour around the country and appear annually with their Christmas show at The Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri. The Lennon Sisters were 2001 inductees into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Julianne Mary Cathcart