Known for:	Charlotte's Web, Send Me No Flowers, Bye Bye Birdie
Birth name:	Paul Edward Lynde
Birthday:	13 June 1926, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA
Height:	5' 11" (1.80 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). The coroner who examined his body said he had the heart of an 88-year-old man. Long-time "center square" and court jester in residence on the original "The Hollywood Squares" (1965), Paul Lynde's quips on that show are still quoted, and laughed at, to this day. His older brother Cordon died in World War II. Explained his lifelong bachelorhood to fans (in the days before "coming out") by telling them his high-school sweetheart had broken his heart, and he was still too hurt to give other women a chance. He had a weight problem that he fought to control his entire life. Holds a unique place in show business history - he actually got to sing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" the song he performed nightly in the Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie" about the excitement of appearing on the iconic "Ed Sullivan Show". The sign proclaiming Mount Vernon, Ohio, as the birthplace of Paul Lynde was recently changed to read: "Home of Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of [the song] 'Dixie.'" Was an accomplished cook. His father's name was Hoy Lynde, and his mother's name was Sylvia Bell. He had three brothers: Richard, Cord, and John.

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