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(Props to Monty)

Manhattan cabaret idol Bobby Short, a fixture at the Café Carlyle for 35 years, has died at the age of 80. The son of a Kentucky coal miner, he performed for generations of jazz fans and sought to educate about the great American songwriters. He entertained at the White House for the Nixons and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. A fixture in Woody Allen movies, Short also performed during the loathsome Lucy Camden’s wedding on Seventh Heaven.