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Zeppo Marx
Herbert Manfred "Zeppo" Marx was an American comedic actor and businessman. He was the youngest, and last survivor, of the five Marx Brothers. He appeared with his brothers on Broadway during the 1920s and in the first five Marx Brothers feature films from 1929 to 1933, usually performing in a more subdued style than his brothers and serving as a romantic lead and/or straight man. After Duck Soup…
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business · American entertainer (1901–1979) · inventor · film actor · stage actor · businessperson · comedian · actor · talent agent · engineer · also Zeppo Marx, Herbert Manfred Marx, Herbert Marx, Marx
Born 25 February 1901 · Died 30 November 1979 · Q149997
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One night at a boxing match in Los Angeles, DiCicco got into an argument with Zeppo, who punched him in the face and knocked him out. If anybody else had done that to Pat DiCicco, they probably would have been killed. But Zeppo was so well connected that it was overlooked. They didn’t do anything to him. He was not frightened at all. He was one of them.
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2010· 1 entry
The Atlantic: Celebrity Invention: Zeppo Marx's Heart Rate Monitor and Heating Pad
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1979· 1 entry
Died 1979-11-30.
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1975· 1 entry
“One night at a boxing match in Los Angeles, DiCicco got into an argument with Zeppo, who punched him in the face and knocked him out. If anybody else had done that to Pat DiCicco, they probably would have been killed. But Zeppo was so well connected that it was overlooked. They didn’t do anything to him. He was not frightened at all. He was one of them.”
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1973· 1 entry
37-year old Jean Bodul, the future wife of mobster Jimmy Fratianno, accused Zeppo of assaulting her; she sued and a jury awarded her $20,690 in 1978 (equivalent to $102,130 in 2025)
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1972· 1 entry
That the name was derived from the Zeppelin airship, and Zeppo's ex-wife Barbara Sinatra repeated this claim in her 2011 book Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank
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1958· 1 entry
About missing funds in a gambling syndicate
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1927· 1 entry
Zeppo married Marion Benda (née Bimberg)
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1901· 1 entry
Born 1901-02-25.
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