'I am filled with thankfulness for each of you!' Diana Ross, 78, closes Glastonbury with back to back hits as Motown legend says goodbye to pandemic Tom Mann is surrounded by loved ones as he holds memorial for fiancée Danielle Hampson after she died on their wedding day Peter's second wife, actress Aniko Farrell, died in 2011.
He was married twice and fathered six children. Palmer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 20, 1931. He soon auditioned for the title role of Li'l Abner, for which he would go on to win a Theatre World Award. It ranks up there with anything I ever did.'Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Palmer was discovered singing Granada on The Ed Sullivan Show after winning a spot to perform in a singing contest while serving in the Army.
'It was such a thrill for me to sing the anthem before the games. 'I came to Illinois known as a football player who could sing and left as a singer who could play football,' he once told the Fighting Illini in 2018. Peter was well known at the University for singing the National Anthem in his football uniform before every single home game. Claim to fame: Palmer, who was some six foot three, originated the role of L'il Abner on Broadway and went on to reprise his role as the hillbilly in the film version
