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16 May () (aged 71) Surrey, United Kingdom · United....
Bob Haymes
Though he had a relatively successful career as a singer, actor, songwriter, emcee, and disc jockey, modern audiences probably best remember Bob Haymes as the younger brother of Dick Haymes.
Is this your ancestor?While Dick became one of the most well-known singers and actors of the 1940s, Bob spent most of his career in second-tier bands and low-budget musicals. Despite being a talented vocalist, Bob never managed a hit. He also lacked the natural acting talent of his brother.
He tried hard, but never found lasting success.
Early Life
Haymes was born in either White Plains or neighboring Greenburgh, New York, in 1923.
Robert Haymes was born circa , in Virginia, USA, to George Haymes and Mary Haymes.
His mother, Marguerite, had a difficult delivery, with the newborn Haymes supposedly weighing twelve pounds and having a head size of seven and three-quarters. Marguerite was Irish but raised in the United States. She had married Argentinian cattle rancher Benjamin Haymes in 1917 and had given birth to Bob’s older brother, Dick, the following year.
Benjamin was over thirty ye