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How did Danny La Rue lose his money?
At the height of his career La Rue owned a nightclub, two hotels and a stately home, but he lost most of his money in bad choices of associates and business deals. He promptly dusted off the sequins and took his show back on the road and starred in provincial pantomimes when the West End lost interest.
Is Danny La Rue still alive?
Deceased (1927–2009)
Danny La Rue/Living or Deceased
How old is Danny La Rue?
81 years (1927–2009)
Danny La Rue/Age at death
TRIBUTES WERE last night paid to Cork-born entertainer and female impersonator Danny La Rue who passed away at his home in Kent on Sunday night at the age of 81 following a short illness.
Where did Danny La Rue live in Warwickshire?
Walton Hall is a 16th-century country mansion at Walton, near Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, once owned by Lord Field and the entertainer Danny La Rue, now in use as a hotel which is now part of Accor Hotels.
What is Danny La Rue in cockney rhyming slang?
Danny La Rue is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Clue!
Where was Danny La Rue from?
Cork, Ireland
Danny La Rue/Place of birth
Born Daniel Patrick Carroll in Cork, Ireland, La Rue was the youngest son of a Roman Catholic cabinet-maker, who had five children. La Rue never knew him. His father went to New York in the 1920s with the idea of bringing his family over later, but died before this could happen. Danny was then 18 months old.
Where was Danny La Rue’s club?
Hanover Square
He also appeared in cabaret in clubs with such success that, in the early 1960s, he opened Danny’s, his own club in Hanover Square, which lasted nine years.
Where is Danny La Rue buried?
St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, United Kingdom
Danny La Rue/Place of burial
Why do they call 500 pounds a monkey?
The term “monkey” originally meant a mortgage in working class slang across large parts of the UK. At that time 500 pounds was a huge sum of money to the poor people who predominantly used such slang and the only way to raise that amount of money would have been to mortgage the house.