music · 29 November 1996 · 28 years ago
American singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury) died from a heart attack on stage while playing his hit Tiptoe Through the Tulips at a club in Minneapolis. On 17 December 1969, he married Victoria Mae Budinger on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, a publicity stunt that attracted over 40 million viewers. (they had a daughter, Tulip Victoria). He performed at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival in front of a crowd of 600,000 people.
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