- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMorris Gershenzwit
- Nickname
- Music Man Murray
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Murray Gershenz was born on May 12, 1922 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for I Love You, Man (2009), The Hangover (2009) and Get a Job (2016). He was married to Bobette Cohen. He died on August 28, 2013 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseBobette Cohen(195? - 1999) (her death, 3 children)
- Began his acting career at the age of 79, according to This Is True's "Honorary Unsubscribe".
- Murray's international collection, which contained over 300,000 records, was sold just a few months before his death to an undisclosed buyer in New York City. Moving the inventory required four tractor-trailer trucks.
- In 1938, at age 16, Murray helped create the Bronx Playgrounds Operetta Club in New York. The group sang at the 1939 World's Fair. He also started collecting 78s , especially classical vocal recordings. he began singing with the operetta club. In the 1940s, after moving to Los Angeles, he worked odd jobs while continuing to sing, often as a synagogue cantor.
- Raised in The Bronx, his father, Irving, was a cabdriver and his mother, Eileen, was a hat maker.
- He started collecting 78 rpm records when he was a teenager, especially classical vocals. In his teens, he began singing with an operetta club.
- [re selling his music collection, 2012] Every month or so there is somebody who's interested. But there's never anybody who's really interested. People are biting. But nobody seems to have the money, the place to put them, or knows what in the hell to do with over a quarter-million records...[In 2013] A man came in with money, enough money," he said. "And it seemed like he was going to give it a good home.
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