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    What did gangster Squizzy Taylor and opera singer Dame Nellie Melba have in common?

    Question #96485. Asked by storky1. (Jun 09 08 5:14 PM)


    purrrr

    		Both are from Melbourne, Australia. Also, she was an opera singer and he had an opera based on his life.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squizzy_Taylor

    Jun 09 08, 5:18 PM
    BRY2K

    		They were both from Australia.

    Dame Nellie Melba, GBE born Helen Porter Mitchell, legendary Australian opera soprano and one of the most famous sopranos, was the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form. She and Dame May Whitty both became the first entertainers to become a DBE in 1918.

    Melba was born at "Doonside" in Richmond (now an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria).

    Joseph Leslie Theodore Taylor (Squizzy Taylor) (b. 29 June 1885 in Brighton, Victoria d. 27 October 1927) was a Melbourne based gangster. He earned the nickname 'Squizzy' due to an ulcerated, droopy left eyelid and the fact that he ran in a 'squizzy' motion.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squizzy_Taylor

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Nellie_Melba


    Jun 09 08, 5:23 PM

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