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- Elly Stone was born on May 30, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975), Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1968) and The Joey Bishop Show (1967). She was married to Eric Blau. She died on June 11, 2020 in Cuenca, Ecuador.
- SpouseEric Blau(1962 - February 17, 2009) (his death, 3 children)
- Longtime husband Eric Blau died at age 87 of complications from pneumonia and a stroke at age 87 on February 17, 2009. Their three sons are named Matthew, John and Peter.
- One of the first Americans to sing Jacques Brel's songs in English.
- Understudied Barbra Streisand as Miss Marmelstein in the New York Broadway show "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" in 1962.
- Brel's music was introduced to Elly and Eric by a friend who worked for a record company. In 1961, she appeared in a minor New York musical revue entitled "O, Oysters!" written and produced by second husband Eric Blau. The revue was based on the translation of Brel's songs.
- Besides the "Jacques Brel..." Original Cast and Soundtrack recordings, she released her self-titled "Elly Stone" on Columbia Records. She also recorded a variety of "Jewish Folk Songs" on the Tikva label in which she sang and played guitar. In the late 1970s she released an album on Eebee Records entitled "The Spirit of 76".
- Jacques Brel's music is effective because it deals with the most basic of human passions. It's all about the human condition. When you're dealing with something like that, it's not bound by time. It makes people feel. -- ES, in a 2008 interview
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