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BERGEN Edgar
Born Edgar John Berggren.
Date of birth : February 16, 1903, Chicago, Illinois.
Date of death : September 30, 1978, Las Vegas, Nevada. Buried in Inglewood, California.
Addresses
* 1940 : 9876 Beverly Grove Drive, Los Angeles (
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* 1950 : 9876 Beverly Grove Drive, Los Angeles (
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Profession actor and ventriloquist.
Edgar Bergen and his puppets Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd had a lot of success in the 50's.
Story
His parents John and Nellie were both born in Sweden (
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Registration card February 16, 1942 
June 23, 1945 he married Lee Frances Westerman (September 14, 1922, Alabama-Octoober 2, 2006, Los
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They had 3 children, Candice (born May 9, 1946, Los Angeles) and Kris (born October 12, 1961, Los Angeles).
They also had a son, premature dead on February 1st, 1952 (
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Link with Marilyn
Contract dated October 7,1952 
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Rehearsals (between October 7 and 18) 
Broadcasting at the NBC studio, October 18, 1952 
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The show was aired on October 26. The puppet asked Marilyn to marry him. Which she agreed.
Marilyn came back to the show on November 9, to marry Charlie McCarthy
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