Legendary bandleader Ray Anthony, who made his bones with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and worked with Marilyn Monroe, turned 100 on Jan. 20.
It has been over 65 years since more than 1,500 entertainers were selected for immortality on the sidewalks of Hollywood. Only a couple dozen or so of those original inductees are still with us. Among many of his endurance-based accolades, bandleader Ray Anthony is one of the oldest surviving members of that initial class of Hollywood Walk of Fame stars.
Mickey Rooney, left, and Marilyn Monroe, center, appear with bandleader Ray Anthony at a 1952 record release part for his orchestra’s single “Marilyn.” Anthony’s adoration of spiky-heeled Hollywood blonds was a consistent through line in his public and private life. His tumultuous marriage to famed bombshell Van Doren in 1955 was tabloid fodder for the rest of the decade before things spectacularly imploded. But Anthony’s son, Perry, was the positive result of their brief coupling. During the birthday revelry, Perry fondly reminisced about the Beatles albums his father brought home from work.
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