morale, ahead of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and Bob Hope. The quartet's Top-10 Billboard hits from 1943 to 1945 include "The Vict'ry Polka", "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)", and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby?)" He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. Signing an agreement with Columbia for a single motion picture, Crosby wanted Armstrong to appear in a screen adaptation of The Peacock Feather that eventually became Pennies from Heaven. Harry Crosby is an investment banker who occasionally makes singing appearances. 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His record hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to number 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. [3]:8. While in the UK, Crosby recorded his final album, Seasons, and his final TV Christmas special with guest David Bowie on September 11 (which aired a little over a month after Crosby's death). He could do four shows a week, if he chose, and then take a month off. Mrs. Crosby, how would you describe your married relationship with Bing? (24 October 1957 - 14 October 1977) (his death) (3 children) 3. Come on home. So Lindsay left Brown University, which was too bad. I certainly never witnessed anything between him and his father. Hope and Crosby initially sat apart. By 1936, he replaced his former boss, Paul Whiteman, as host of the weekly NBC radio program Kraft Music Hall, where he remained for the next ten years. When they appeared solo, Crosby and Hope frequently made note of the other in a comically insulting fashion. He had a reputation for being such an ogre. Oct. [19] The house sits on the campus of his alma mater, Gonzaga University, as a museum housing over 200 artifacts from his life and career, including his Oscar. I decided that if its not supposed to be, it wouldnt be. In January 1974 he felt so ill he consented to be hospitalized, and a large tumor was found in his left lung. The Fanchon and Marco Time Agency hired them for thirteen weeks for the revue The Syncopation Idea starting at the Boulevard Theater in Los Angeles and then on the Loew's circuit. Jan. Dinah with the Mills Brothers reaches Number 1. Jan. Bing takes over as host as host of Kraft Music Hall radio program. It will become the best-selling single of all time. And what a voice. They sat across the table from each other but a little separated and dinner was proceeding properly then I moved around so they were sitting next to each other and everything just started going off like a fire-cracker, she says. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Mrs. Crosby, had Bing been sick, or was his death a surprise? [119], Lindsay Crosby died in 1989 at age 51, and Dennis Crosby died in 1991 at age 56, both by suicide from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The filmParis Honeymoon is released. It gave us a chance to first try a recording of the songs in the afternoon without an audience, then another one in front of a studio audience. I was a lot younger than he was. His mother absolutely ran their family. Dolores and I became very good friends at that time, and I traveled all over Europe with her while Bing and Bob were working. [90], Crosby also was a keen fisherman. Harry Lillis " Bing " Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Armstrong appreciated Crosby's progressive attitudes on race, and often expressed gratitude for the role in later years.[44]. His organization, the Crosby Research Foundation, held tape recording patents and developed equipment and recording techniques such as the laugh track that are still in use. Bing wins Best Actor for Going My Way at the Academy Awards. . The film features the song Swinging on a Star, by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, which reaches Number 1 and wins an Academy Award for Best Song. He had no place to have a valve, so they had to create a place for a valve, and he lived for ten more years. I came back to see the man playing one of those old Vitrolas, like those of RCA with the horn speaker. How old was Bing Crosby when he married Kathryn Grant? Oct. White Christmas, written by Irving Berlin, reaches Number 1 for the first time and stays for 11 weeks. In 1977, after Crosby died, the song was re-released and reached No. Their duet was released in 1982 as a single 45-rpm record and reached No. They had a lively style that was popular with college students. bing! He has achieved greater popularity, made more money, attracted vaster audiences than any other entertainer in history. Now 82 and still living in California, Crosby keeps busy these days with ballet (hip replacement surgery won't keep her down) and staying active with her . The eponymous song from the film is featured in American Masters Bing Crosby Rediscovered. I dont know what Garys problems were, but hed had them from the time he was a little boy. Bing receives the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe award from the Hollywood Foreign Press. It was a week away and he said, Do you think you can find a long dress? So I ran back to Columbia Pictures, where I was working and they offered me the dress Rita Hayworth wore in Gilda, the most gorgeous, long, satin dress you ever saw, complete with full-length opera gloves. Getting to know Paramount Pictures was quite amazing. His contract with Decca runs until 1955. Bing said, Theres a priest who doesnt have a church, and if we do this one show, I think itll help him get that church. The priest had been doing Mass in a topless bar, so we did a show in Las Vegas. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. As far as I know [Gary] wrote it because it was about himself and what he felt his life was about. Some of Bing Crosbys fans may not know that you are also an actor. They had three children, including actress Mary Crosby of Dallas (1978) fame. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In the documentary, it does say that Bob and Bing seldom or never socialized together. The Crosby family became the focus of his Christmas. The three children from Bing Crosby's marriage to Kathryn are all alive - Harry, 54, Mary, 53, and Nathaniel, 51. He felt that way about her. I came back to Austin and finished up my degree and took my Inquiry classes for six weeks. Where are you from? Aug. Bings signs a massive deal for weekly 15-minute segments on CBS radio. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Bing won over fans with his laid-back, cool persona and smooth vocals. He also signs a contract with Decca Records for five years at $60,000 per annum plus a percentage. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. There was something magical for listeners in the fact that what they were hearing was being performed and heard live everywhere, at that precise instant. [107], While acknowledging that corporal punishments took place, there were reports of all of Gary's immediate siblings distancing themselves from the abuse claims, either in public or in private. [124] Accompanied by the Gordon Rose Orchestra, Crosby's last recorded performance was of the song "Once in a While". Bob Hope memorably devoted one of his monthly NBC specials to his long intermittent partnership with Crosby titled "On the Road With Bing". He did love his golf. The family created an official website[131] on October 14, 2007, the 30th anniversary of Crosby's death. He loved them all.People who watched him in movies knew exactly what he was like because that was what he put on the screen. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. It was halfway finished then. At last Kathryn's ordeal was over. Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) is based on Lee's life. [129], Crosby is a member of the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in the radio division.[130]. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I understand you recently had a birthday on November 25, so happy belated! Later that year, according to Kathryn, Bing apologized to Kathryn for his fling with the future princess. In 1906, his family moved to Spokane in Eastern Washington state, where he was raised. Major Support for American Masters provided by. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did Bing and Bob like doing the Road pictures? Crosby played the lead in a series of musical comedy short films for Mack Sennett, signed with Paramount, and starred in his first full-length film 1932's The Big Broadcast (1932), the first of 55 films in which he received top billing. His first son Gary was born in 1933 with twin boys following in 1934. This ad-lib way of working is commonplace in the recording studios today, but it was all new to us. I wont see you.. Obviously, Grace never married Bing and she would ultimately call off her engagement to Oleg when she met Monaco's Prince Rainier in 1955. He loved to play. Audio engineer Steve Hoffman stated, "By the way, Bing actually saved the record business in 1934 when he agreed to support Decca founder Jack Kapp's crazy idea of lowering the price of singles from a dollar to 35 cents and getting a royalty for records sold instead of a flat fee. The scheduling could now be done at the star's convenience. Singing with the Arnheim Orchestra, Crosby's solos began to steal the show while the Rhythm Boys' act gradually became redundant. NTSC VHS tape, 1989 AES. The advantage was editing. Jack Mullin: The man and his Machines. Gary Crosby's adopted son, Steven Crosby, said in a 2003 interview: In the early years, I think, like any family you are going to butt heads with your mom, your dad and your brothers and sisters. He was not out to be vicious, to beat children for his kicks. They exchanged jokes always. The book was I think an attempt of my dad to come to grips with some things in his life. Bing Crosby and family attend a Benefit Party for Fordham Prep at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center circa 1976 in New York City. #IHeartHollywood, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly's Love Affair. In 2006, Crosby's niece through his sister Mary Rose, Carolyn Schneider, published the laudatory book Me and Uncle Bing. "Bing Crosby: Through the years, volumes one-nine (195456). It was a happy childhood. Their longest marriage was 22 years to Dixie Lee. Today they wouldn't seem very off-color, but things were different on radio then. As minor parts of The Syncopation Idea Crosby and Rinker started to develop as entertainers. Im terribly proud, says Kathryn, his champion down the years. Bing is introduced to Al Rinker and joins him in the local Spokane band, the Musicaladers. Kathryn Crosby: They loved them! Hammar, Peter. I had a dinner party one night and invited Bob and his wife Dolores, Kathryn recalls. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Rosemary Clooney was one of his best friends? But Jack Kapp, manager of Brunswick and later Decca, talked him into dropping many of his jazzier mannerisms in favor of a clear vocal style. Later on, Bing asked me, Would you like to do this show with me in Las Vegas? Hed never done a show in Las Vegas. I didnt know that he owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, a big baseball team. She was born in Houston, Texas in 1933 and appeared on stage from age 3. When Mack Sennett signed Crosby to a solo recording contract in 1931, a break with the Rhythm Boys became almost inevitable. Here is a breakdown of each of Crosby's children and his marriage to their mothers. Kathryn's anguish was compounded when Gary wrote a book accusing his father of being abusive, both verbally and. Nov. The Andrews Sisters Story". We heart books. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)", with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune. God I miss that voice. We had a wonderful time together. Born November 25, 1933, actress and singer Kathryn Crosby performed in 1950s films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. Their first recording, in October 1926, was "I've Got the Girl" with Don Clark's Orchestra, but the Columbia-issued record was inadvertently recorded at a slow speed, which increased the singers' pitch when played at 78rpm. Sept. Pictured here is the lovely Mary Frances Crosby; the only daughter of Bing Crosby, from his second . I really hope everyone enjoys this film because they have all the movies from our basement that they are using, lots of early films of Bing, and its just wonderful! A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. What did Bing Crosby do before the Great Depression? She confided to me that she desperately wanted to marry Bing Crosby. Thursday, 2nd March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. It gave us a chance to ad-lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad-libbing could be sliced from the final product. Nathaniel Patrick Crosby (29 October 1961 Los Angeles County, California, USA) No. They were working in television, so I got to do a lot of short films. They begin touring with the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, then one of the most famous bandleaders in America. Its rumored Bings White Christmas is played over the American Forces radios as a signal that evacuation should begin. SAYS Kathryn: He loved his sons. Then I got word from the ambassador. He took Mary Frances hunting in Africa. Portrait of American singer and actor Bing Crosby talks with his wife, actress Kathryn Grant Crosby . [42] Before the end of the year, he signed[clarification needed] with both Brunswick Records and CBS Radio. However, Crosby had already sold his Elko ranch a year earlier, in 1958, and it is doubtful how much he was really involved in that meeting. On Oct. 22 Kathryn received one more letter from Bing, begging her to marry him and including his phone number for her response. This can be observed particularly in his straight jazz work during the late 1920s/early 1930s, his recordings with Buddy Cole and His Trio from the mid 1950s, as well as in his numerous collaborations with such jazz musicians as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti, or Eddie Lang. [18] In 1913, his father built a house at 508 E. Sharp Avenue. [71], Throughout Europe and Russia, Crosby was also known as "Der Bingle", a pseudonym coined in 1944 by Bob Musel, an American journalist based in London, after Crosby had recorded three 15-minute programs with Jack Russin for broadcast to Germany from ABSIE. He had 24 separate popular singles in 1939 alone. It was either he was going to have to get an operation, or he was going to die in three days. "Now You Has Jazz" in the film High Society (1956). Kathryn Crosby: It was a terrible surprise, but he had, of course, been sick. [74] Mullin explained how one new broadcasting technique was invented on the Crosby show with these machines: One time Bob Burns, the hillbilly comic, was on the show, and he threw in a few of his folksy farm stories, which of course were not in Bill Morrow's script. Before 1958, gold records were awarded by record companies. We heart you!!! Mary Frances Crosby (14 September 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA) Nov. Bing starts work in his first film, King of Jazz, a musical revue starring Paul Whiteman. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on the Road to Singapore (1940) film lot, between scenes. Oct. He was a part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Are the holidays difficult for you? Mullin's 1976 memoir of these early days of experimental recording agrees with Crosby's account: In the evening, Crosby did the whole show before an audience. Joan's sister Betty Caulfield confirmed the romantic relationship between Joan and Bing Crosby. When the two met, they became friends. Crosby left the network and remained off the air for seven months, creating a legal battle with his sponsor Kraft that was settled out of court. On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race won by Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit over Binglin's horse Ligaroti. Nov. Dont Fence Me In w/ The Andrews Sisters reaches Number 1. 87 years (November 25, 1933) Kathryn Crosby/Age His last TV appearance was a Christmas special, Merrie Olde Christmas, taped in London in September 1977 and aired weeks after his death. The filmJust For You is released, starring Bing, Jane Wyman and the young Natalie Wood. In 1963, he and his wife Kathryn moved with their 3 young children from Los Angeles to a $175,000 10-bedroom Tudor estate in Hillsborough because they did not want to raise their children in Hollywood, according to son Nathaniel. Crosby died in 1977 following a British tour but May 3 would have been his 110th birthday, an anniversary celebrated by the release of 11 albums, including some material which has never previously been heard. We heart living like a star. Then something happened. He partnered with Ed Craney, who owned the CBS radio affiliate KXLY (AM) and built a television studio west of Crosby's alma mater, Gonzaga University. It was something that one of his boys had done, and it was really frightening. Stanley, Bob, Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music, Pegasus Books, 2022, pg 220, Grudens, 2002, p. 236. At the end of the game, Bings friend, Cesar de Zulueta asked him, How do you feel? Bing said, Im fine. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written consent of the publisher. We shot the movie in Ishpeming, Michigan. [125] On October 14, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Crosby played 18 holes of golf. The film Rhythm on the River is released. On October 13, 1977, Crosby flew alone to Spain to play golf and hunt partridge. In time, Bingo got shortened to Bing.[34][35][36]. Is that something you always wanted to do? The film White Christmas is released. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You continued your acting career after you and Bing married? Bing said, Yeah. A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. From 1931 to 1954, the star dominated record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. He was playing golf in Spain and won the match. When we married, I asked Bing if I could continue my acting, and if I could continue my nursing. [83] They also established the Binglin Stock Farm in Argentina, where they raced horses at Hipdromo de Palermo in Palermo, Buenos Aires. Oct. Nathaniel Patrick Crosby, Bings last son and third child with Kathryn, is born. I asked him if he liked baseball. I became aware of someone behind me and he touched his chair to the back of my knee so I flopped down unceremoniously, she says, recalling an unlikely start to a relationship that was to last almost a quarter of a century and touch her for the rest of her days.What made it even more unlikely was that under the warmth of the California sun and after their meeting Crosby, king of stage and screen, ambled back on set to continue filming White Christmas, one of Hollywoods best-loved movies of all time. They had four sons: Gary, twins Dennis and Phillip, and Lindsay. 1966 He competed in both the British and U.S. They tour with Paul Whiteman and get their first hit with Mississippi Mud.. In 1950, Crosby became the third person to win the William D. Richardson award, which is given to a non-professional golfer "who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to golf". They appeared as guests on each other's shows and on Armed Forces Radio Service during and after World War II. Bing was also a giving donor to the city's Gonzaga University . His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby[22] (18701950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan; 18731964). [3] However, Crosby's FBI files had already been published in 1992 and provide no indication that Crosby had ties to the Mafia except for one major, but accidental encounter in Chicago in 1929 which is not mentioned in the files, but is told by Crosby himself in his as-told-to autobiography Call Me Lucky. "Blondell: "I'm surprised they didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! The following year, Crosby and Hope reunited for one more Road movie, The Road to Hong Kong, which teamed them up with the much younger Joan Collins and Peter Sellers. I asked my doctor what could be done, and he said, Well, you can stay and worry, and itll take six weeks, or you can go away and worry, and itll take six weeks, but in six weeks, hell be able to walk again. We went through that. His first wife was actress and nightclub singer Dixie Lee, to whom he was married from 1930 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1952. We were in the same boat in more ways than one, but I could not tell her so. [3][4], For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. Relying on a retroactive amendment to the California Civil Code, Dixie's trust brought suit again, in 2010, alleging that Crosby's right of publicity was community property, and that Dixie's trust was entitled to a share of the revenue it produced. Oct. 24 The stock market crashes on Black Thursday.. Currently listed for just under $3.5 million, the mid-century modern home was built for Crosby and his second wife, Kathryn Grant, shortly after their marriage in 1957. I asked him if he liked baseball. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piero; their opponents were club president Csar de Zulueta and Valentn Barrios. She soon rose through the standard starlet ranks from unbilled parts to chipper "sis" types and decorative love interests alongside filmdom's top male stars.She appeared opposite Richard Kiley in The Phenix City Story (1955), Tony Curtis in Mister Cory (1957), Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball (1957), James Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and Victor Mature in The Big Circus (1959), among others. The Mutual Network, on the other hand, pre-recorded some of its programs as early as 1938 for The Shadow with Orson Welles. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers the first of his evening fireside chats to the public over radio. What did you think? I went to Europe and went to the Christmas Day Mass at Sacre-Coeur, and it was so beautiful. Sept. Mary Frances Crosby, Bings first daughter and second child with Kathryn, is born. Throughout his career, Crosby often credited Bailey for getting him his first important job in the entertainment business. Narrated by Stanley Tucci, the film features new interviews with all surviving members of Crosbys immediate family: wife Kathryn, daughter Mary and sons Harry and Nathaniel. One each for radio, recording, and motion pictures. We heart influencers and interesting people. Schofield, Mary Anne. Kapp helped Crosby have number one hits in Christmas music, Hawaiian music, and country music, and top-thirty hits in Irish music, French music, rhythm and blues, and ballads. It was much more complicated then. [52] Paul Whiteman's hiring of Crosby, with phrasing that echoed jazz, particularly his bandmate Bix Beiderbecke's trumpet, helped bring the genre to a wider audience. Son: Nathaniel Patrick October 29, 1961. Then the children did it with me, and we had a good time. He learned how to pronounce German from written scripts and read propaganda broadcasts intended for German forces. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Many people associate Bing Crosby with the yuletide season primarily because of his TV specials, the 1954 film, White Christmas, and the hit single of the same name. He had investments in real estate, mines, oil wells, cattle ranches, race horses, music publishing, baseball teams, and television. [59] In 1960 Crosby was honored as "First Citizen of Record Industry" based on having sold 200 million discs. They did a very fine surgery on him and repaired all his valves. [42] Shortly before his death in 1977, he had planned another Road film in which he, Hope, and Lamour search for the Fountain of Youth. Crosby asked Harry Cohn, but Cohn had no desire to pay for the flight or to meet Armstrong's "crude, mob-linked but devoted manager, Joe Glaser". Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) These were his last words. If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing. Anatomy of a Murder was written by Robert Traver, and he taught me how to fly fish on the river that was covered with bush on the sides. At first Bing objected to casting Grace in the role of his wife in the movie because he felt she was too glamorous for the part. Bing Crosby, byname of Harry Lillis Crosby, (born May 3, 1903, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.died October 14, 1977, near Madrid, Spain), American singer, actor, and songwriter who achieved great popularity in radio, recordings, and motion pictures. [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. He loved to play. The director was about to get really cross because none of the written script was used, but all of the people who were working on the show were so tickled and laughing so hard, hed say, I think thats good. All that matters to him is the words, and that's the only thing that ought to for you, too. In the 1930s, his friend and former college classmate, Gonzaga head coach, Mike Pecarovich, appointed Crosby as an assistant football coach. Sept. Bing films his final Christmas show, which features Bings family and David Bowie. Crosby's vocal style helped take popular singing beyond the "belting" associated with Al Jolson and Billy Murray, who had been obligated to reach the back seats in New York theaters without the aid of a microphone. There have been disputes between Crosby's two families beginning in the late 1990s. Aug. Harry Lillis Crosby III, Bings first child with Kathryn, is born. [2], Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1955. [62] The single "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies according to Guinness World Records. But the networks and sponsors were adamantly opposed. Dec. Bing receives a Peabody Award for services to television. Amateur championships, was a five-time club champion at Lakeside Golf Club in Hollywood, and once made a hole-in-one on the 16th hole at Cypress Point. He and Bing had a long discussion about ten pound test and all of that. However, the document also clearly indicates that at their meetings a third person, on most instances Caulfield's mother, was present. Amateur champion in golf). 2000. We just sat and drank tea. [109] In an interview with People magazine, Phillip stated that "we never got an extra whack or a cuff we didn't deserve".[109]. We heart TV shows. In his autobiography Don't Shoot, It's Only Me! [118] They were instead receiving several thousand dollars per month from a trust left in 1952 by their mother, Dixie Lee. Apr. I said, What? Bing had decided to do a show to help a foundation sponsoring music scholarships for young people. Kathryn Crosby: No. We heart movies. A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. Its not heavy. He took one more step and then fell dead. She also appeared in the 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary. The church was really very helpful at that time. Developed by John T. Mullin and Wayne R. Johnson since 1950, the device aired what were described as "blurred and indistinct" images, using a modified Ampex 200 tape recorder and standard quarter-inch (6.3mm) audio tape moving at 360 inches (9.1m) per second.[80]. On October 18, 1977, following a private funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Westwood,[128] Crosby was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. But his chart success remains impressive: 396 chart singles, including roughly 41 number 1 hits. The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". 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