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Whispering Jack Smith (John J. Schmidt)
Born Bronx, New York, May 31, 1898
Died New York, New York, May 13, 1950
Age 51 (heart attack)
Heard on NBC intermittently from the 1930s until his death. The whispering quality of his singing and speaking voice was the result of gas poisoning during his military service in World War I.
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