Fond Farewell

Mel Torme

September 13, 1925  - - -  June 5, 1999

Mel Torme, known as the Velvet Fog, was a jazz great.  He died shortly after leaving his his Beverly Hills home and rushing to the UCLA Medical Center for shortness of breathing.  He had a stroke in 1996.  His wife Ali, and 5 children, Steve, Melissa, Traci, Daisy and James were at his side at his time of death.  His career spanned 70 years, starting with a Chicago radio broadcast in 1929.

Mel Torme Links
Mel Torme Gallery www.jazzphotos.com
Gallery 41 Presents Mel Torme www.gallery41.com/artists/torme_1.htm
CNN Report www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9906/05/torme.obit.03
Mel Torme www.servtech.com/~pnm/stardust/meltorme.htm
E! Online Fact Sheet  www.eonline.net/Facts/People/0,12,15742,00.html
The Other Side of the Rainbow by Mel Torme www.zianet.com/jjohnson/book2.htm
A&E Biography Series - Mel Torme Smooth as Velvet www.budgetmart.com/an/dbpage.pl/p/13540/uia7039.124368

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