Name	Russ Columbo (Ruggerio Eugenio di Rudolpho Colombo)
Build	Athletic
Date of Birth	January 14, 1908
Birthplace	Camden, New Jersey,
Star Sign	Capricorn
Died	December 2, 1934 (Aged 26)
Location of Death	Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of Death	accidental shooting
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Singer
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Trivia and Quotes

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Radio actor, singer, and songwriter.

Russ Columbo sang in 1932 for the opening night of "A Woman Command" Pardise for Miss Pola Negri

The circumstances of Russ Columbo`s sudden death, if true, constitute one of the most freakish freak accidents ever brought to popular attention. The story as it is most frequently given runs thus: Columbo was visiting the studio of a photographer friend when the friend, in lighting a cigarette, lit the match by striking it against the wooden stock of an antique French dueling pistol. The flame set off a long-forgotten charge in the gun, and a lead pistol ball was fired. The pistol ball ricocheted off a nearby table and hit Columbo in the forehead, killing him almost instantly. All this took place in about ten seconds.

Universal once considered him for the role of Gaylord Ravenal when their 1930s film version of Show Boat (1936) was still in the discussion stages, but his death ended the speculation.

Singer Russ Columbo, a major romantic idol in the early 1930s, was in the midst of a highly publicized romance with Carole Lombard (which her studio was said to have strongly opposed) when he was killed in a bizarre shooting "accident" at the age of 26. In 1955, popular recording star Alan Dale was approached by producers planning a film based on the life of Russ Columbo. It had long been noted that Dale`s voice had a quality reminiscent of the ill-fated singer`s, and in view of the dramatic and tragic events in Columbo`s life, such a movie seemed like a good bet. For some mysterious reason the project never materialized.

erred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Vespers, to the left of the Last Supper Window.

His mother was gravely ill at the time of his death and was never told of it. She lived the next ten years believing that he was alive, her husband writing her letters as Russ -- telling her of his life and continuing success in the movies.

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