Bill Cunningham (Ken Doll) Wife: Was Bill Cunningham married? – It is unclear if Bill Cunningham, the singer and talent agency founder who served as the original voice of Mattel’s Ken doll was married. There has not been mention of his wife.
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Cunningham died on July 15, 2023, at his home in West Hollywood, Calif at the age of 96.
CESD Talent Agency, which Cunningham opened 60 years ago as Pacific Artists Agency, confirmed the news of his demise on Thursday, July 28, 2023.
Born on Jan. 2, 1927, in San Francisco, Cunningham began his career as a crooner on NBC’s Voices of Walter Schumann and The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. He sang on motion pictures for Fox, Paramount, and Warner Bros., as well as commercials.
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Cunningham was the first voice of Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend, for Mattel Toys.
Cunningham also sang with Judy Garland and Dinah Shore and his first debut record, I’m Always Chasing Rainbows was sponsored by Fred Astaire.
Cunningham’s friend Peggy Taylor, a singer and TV personality, inspired him to create Pacific Artists, one of Los Angeles’ early talent agencies, in 1963. Cunningham & Associates, which specialized in advertising and voice-over work, was founded in 1967 and is now known as CESD (Cunningham-Escott-Slevin-Doherty).
Cunningham, who also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, retired in 1989 and published a memoir in 2014, I Wonder What Became of Me.
Source: abtc.ng
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