Died 16 May 1945 | ||
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Born October 20, 1911 ( 1911-10-20 ) | ||
Philip Loring Spooner (October 5, 1879 - May 16, 1945) was an American tenor.
Biography
He was born on October 5, 1879 in Hudson, Wisconsin to John Coit Spooner and Anne Elizabeth Maine.
He attended Columbia Preparatory School in Washington, DC then the University of Wisconsin. He debuted as a professional singer in Boston, Massachusetts in 1913. In 1916 he was arrested for assaulting a cab driver with his walking stick. While in detention he sang Mother Macree to the other detainees.
He never married and resided with his mother until her death in 1930. He died on May 16, 1945.
References
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