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Frank Fay remembered as Pagliacci legend and raucous comic
Hollywood recalls Frank Fay a formidable vaudeville and film figure known for sharp humor and a troubled private life. He inspired many comics including Jack Benny, but faced debt, volatile moods, a 1935 divorce from Barbara Stanwyck after alleged abuse, and later wandering Chicago, then New York, before dying.
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