Relationship : Marriage 26 September 1955 (Debbie Reynolds, five years).other kin relationship with Lourd, Billie (born 17 July 1992).spouse relationship with Taylor, Elizabeth (born 27 February 1932).spouse relationship with Richard, Terry (born 30 July 1954). spouse relationship with Reynolds, Debbie (born 1 April 1932).parent->child relationship with Fisher, Tricia Leigh (born 26 December 1968).parent->child relationship with Fisher, Todd (born 24 February 1958).parent->child relationship with Fisher, Joely (born 29 October 1967).parent->child relationship with Fisher, Carrie (born 21 October 1956).Notes: 1953 duet "I'm Walking Behind You" associate relationship with Sweetland, Sally (born 23 September 1911).Link to Wikipedia biography Relationships He died at his Berkeley, CA home on Septemfrom complications of hip surgery. His autobiography was released, "Been There, Done That," which had his kids and ex-wives questioning some of the authenticity of what was written. A new and clean Fisher also released a compact disc titled, "I Want You With Me" as part of his 1990 mini-comeback. Deeply regretting what he perceived as 37 lost years of drug abuse, he became heavily involved in community work in San Francisco, helping local organizations use a sports program to get six and seven-year olds away from drugs. By 1990, his drug habit was successfully behind him and he was celebrating a one-year anniversary of alcohol rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic. After a 15-year absence, he recorded an album in 1984. tour of the show "Vaudeville" kept him active. At 51, he divorced his fourth wife, Terry Richard, a 24-year old beauty pageant queen. He left Reynolds to marry Elizabeth Taylor and then actress Connie Stevens. Together they had a son, Todd, and a daughter who became a movie star, Carrie, best known for her role as Princess Lea in "Star Wars". Fisher has been divorced numerous times, first to actress Debbie Reynolds. In 1981, he wrote an autobiography, "Eddie, My Life, My Loves," a sorry recount of his failed marriages. He later got work as a headliner at the Riviera Club in Fort Lee, NJ where he became a star within a year. At 11, he would sing at the family's synagogue in Philadelphia, winning one amateur contest after another as well as singing regularly on a children's radio program.ĭuring WWII, his career was put on hold when he served two years in the military service. The son of a luggage salesman and Russian mother, Fisher was born into a poor family of seven children. He gambled his way into bankruptcy and spent 20 years as a meth addict, carrying suitcases full of drug paraphernalia and injecting himself before each performance. By the late 1960s, he was drinking and playing in small clubs overseas in order to pay for his drug habit. Fisher had 21 hit songs, including "Lady of Spain" and "Oh Mien Papa," earning him more than $1 million a year at his peak. At the age of 14, he started performing in nightclubs, went on tours, recorded albums, appeared on television and in films. He was one of the world's top singers but became virtually unknown by little more than a decade later.
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