
(Bust of Victor Herbert near Central Park Mall, NYC)
Irish-born operetta composer (Naughty Marietta, Babes in Toyland) Victor Herbert would be 152

Herman Hupfeld, who wrote, "As Time Goes By", 117.

Great Irish-born film director John Ford (Stagecoach, Grapes of Wrath), 117.

"The King of Hollywood," Clark Gable would be 110.
The Incomparable Hildegarde elegant society pianist/singer, would be 105. (Above, performing in 1933)

Italian opera diva (and chief rival of Maria Callas) Renata Tebaldi, 89.
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