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Danny Thomas
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Danny Thomas in 1957
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Born
| Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz (later Anglicized to Amos Jacobs Kairouz)
(
1912-01-06
)
January 6, 1912
Deerfield, Michigan,
U.S.
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Died
| February 6, 1991
(1991-02-06)
(aged 79)
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Other names
| Amos Jacobs
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Years active
| 1947?1991
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Spouse
| Rose Marie Mantell Thomas (
m.
1936–1991)
his death
3 children
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Children
| Tony Thomas
Marlo Thomas
Terre Thomas (b. 1942)
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Danny Thomas
(January 6, 1912 ? February 6, 1991) was an
American
comedian
,
actor
and producer. He starred in the
sitcom
Make Room for Daddy
(aka
The Danny Thomas Show
). He was the father of
Marlo Thomas
and two other children.
Thomas also had a career in network radio. He also founded the
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
in 1962.
He was born in Deerfield, Michigan. He died in
Los Angeles
at age seventy-nine of
heart failure
.