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| | Russ Columbo |
 | | Russ Columbo was born January 14, 1908, in Camden, New Jersey, the twelfth child of Italian immigrants Nicola and Giulia (aka Nicholas and Julia). |
 | | Columbo traveled the local ballroom circuit, appearing at the Mayfair Hotel, opening the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood with the Professor Moore orchestra in 1927, and ultimately Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel where, in 1928, Columbo became a member of Gus Arnheim's Cocoanut Grove orchestra. |
 | | Columbo was now romantically linked with Carole Lombard, divorced the prior year from William Powell, and he was also rumored to be dating old friend Sally Blane, more famous as Loretta Young's older sister. |
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