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  • Aaron Chwatt
Red Buttons (February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and actor. Red Buttons was born Aaron Chwatt on February 5, 1919 in New York City to Jew immigrants. At sixteen years old, Buttons got a job as an entertaining bellhop at Ryan's Tavern in City Island, Bronx. The combination of his red hair and the shiny buttoned bellhop uniform inspired orchestra leader Charles "Dinty" Moore to call him Red Buttons, the name under which he would later perform. Later that same summer,... full article at wikipedia
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  • Jul 13, 2006
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