Milton
Berle - Milton Berle was nicknamed "Uncle Miltie"
who hosted the Milton Berle Television Show.
Elvis appeared twice on the Milton Berle Show
April 3 and June 5 1956 when Berle played Elvis' twin
brother Melvin Presley in a comedy skit
Milton Berle, the
cigar-chomping comedian whose domination of television in the early
'50s as the host of NBC's "Texaco Star Theatre" earned him
the title "Mr. Television," died Wednesday after a lengthy
illness. He was 93.
Berle's career began when he was 5
years old and spanned more than 80 years in stage, film, radio, and
television. He also penned some 400 published songs. But
it was on television in the 1940s and '50s that Berle made his most
lasting mark.
Milton Berle died in his sleep at 2:45
p.m. at his home in Los Angeles with his wife, Lorna, and other family
members at his side, Berle's long-time publicist Warren Cowan said.
Berle had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year and had been under
hospice care for the past few weeks.
Elvis appeared on the Milton
Berle Show on April 3 (from the deck of the aircraft carrier, the
USS Hancock.) and June 5 1956. Among his selections on his second
appearance was a playfully sensuous performance of "Hound
Dog" that drive the kids in the audience wild, and, the next day,
has the press and some of the adult viewers appalled. It is one of his
most controversial performances.
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