Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Epstein, Herman L. (aka- Bert Herman) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robyn Otten-Sturtevant Rbnstrtvnt@aol.com May 29, 2017, 3:04 am Cemetery: Ahavas Israel Cemetery Name: Herman L. (aka- Bert Herman) Epstein Date Of Photograph: May 7, 2017 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/ahavasisrael/epstein312168nph.jpg Image file size: 262.3 Kb BELOVED HUSBAND BERT HERMAN EPSTEIN 2(?) MAR. 16, 1904 DEC. 21, 1974 Additional Comments: 2(?)HEBREW - TRANSLATION UNAVAILABLE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS: OBIT- HERMAN L. EPSTEIN 70 - KNOWN THEATRICALLY AS BERT HERMAN. EPSTEIN, BILLED AS "300 POUNDS OF VERSATILITY" ON THE AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL STAGE DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. HE DEBUTED IN SHOW BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 7 AS A BOY SOPRANO AND WAS WELL KNOWN AS THE FASTEST TAP DANCER (BUCK AND WING) OF HIS SIZE BEFORE RETIRING FROM THE THEATER FOLLOWING WWII TO GO INTO SURPLUS MEN'S WEAR AND SPORTING GOODS. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/ahavasisrael/epstein312168nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb