Eddie fisher biography book
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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
The teen idol, singer, former husband of Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, and Connie Stevens, father of actresses Carrie and Joely Fisher, pens a tell-all memoir with the help of celebrity profiler David Fisher (no relation and co-author with George Burns of All My Best Friends, 1989, among others). Fisher is quick to point out his many successes, saying on the second page, “I had more consecutive hit records than the Beatles or Elvis Presley, Ike loved me, Jack Kennedy and I shared drugs and women, and [my voice] transformed me from a shy little boy into a man who attracted the most famous and desirable women in the world.” That sets the tone for the rest of the book, as he goes on to name-drop brazenly, particularly about his numerous romantic conquests. In addition to writing about Reynolds (“A self-centered, totally driven, insecure, untruthful phony”), Taylor (“Among them all she stood alone—), and Stevens, he discusses affairs with Marlene Dietrich (“T
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Before Eddie Fisher took his place in history as Elizabeth Taylor’s most famous cuckold, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the pop music pantheon with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Tony Bennett. Been There, Done That is Fisher’s own account of the meteoric rise and painfully long decline of his career.
Edwin Jack Fisher, the son of Russian Jews, was born in Philadelphia in 1928. Although his family was poor and his parents dysfunctional, Fisher found refuge and comfort in his remarkable singing voice. He began performing on radio when he was still in junior high, and by the time he was 15, he says, he was earning more money than his hard-working father. His radio shows and appearances in the Catskills quickly revealed Fisher as a talent to watch. He signed with RCA Records and, after a few false starts, had his first hit, Thinking Of You, in 1950, when he was 22 years old. He boasts that he had more consecutive hit records than the Beatles or Elvis Presley (whi
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Eddie Fisher
American singer and actor (1928–2010)
For the baseball player, see Eddie Fisher (baseball). For the musician in OneRepublic, see Eddie Fisher (drummer).
Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show.[1] Actress Elizabeth Taylor was best friends with Fisher's first wife, actress Debbie Reynolds. The couple divorced in 1959 when it was revealed shortly after Taylor's third husband, slang för mikrofon Todd, died in a plane crash, that she and Fisher had been having an romantisk händelse . News of the affair was a great public scandal which led to the cancellation of Eddie Fisher's television show.[2] Fisher and Taylor married that same year. The unfavorable publicity was damaging to both Fisher and Taylor. Approximately five years later, Fisher divorced Taylor and he later married