Philip Loring Spooner

Philip Loring Spooner
Spooner circa 1915
Born (1879-10-05)October 5, 1879
Hudson, Wisconsin
Died May 16, 1945(1945-05-16) (aged 65)

Philip Loring Spooner (October 5, 1879 – May 16, 1945) was an American tenor.[1]

Biography

He was born on October 5, 1879 in Hudson, Wisconsin to John Coit Spooner and Anne Elizabeth Maine.[1][2][3]

He attended Columbia Preparatory School in Washington, DC then the University of Wisconsin. He debuted as a professional singer in Boston, Massachusetts in 1913.[1] In 1916 he was arrested for assaulting a cab driver with his walking stick. While in detention he sang Mother Macree to the other detainees.[4]

He never married and resided with his mother until her death in 1930.[2] He died on May 16, 1945.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Philip Spooner, A Distinguished American Tenor". Puck magazine. 1917. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
  2. 1 2 "Mrs. Annie M. Spooner. Widow of U.S. Senator of Wisconsin Dies in Her 81st Year". New York Times. July 21, 1930. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  3. ↑ "John C. Spooner Dies In City Home. Former United States Senator for Wisconsin Took Up Law Practice Here of 64" (PDF). New York Times. June 11, 1919. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Senator Spooner's Son Canes Taxi Chauffeur. Taken to Cell After Resenting Insult and Magistrate Frees Him" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
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