| Birth: | Aug. 11, 1853 | | Death: | Aug. 19, 1938 | 
Entertainer. With James McIntyre, he was part of the vaudeville team McIntyre and Heath, formed in 1874. The two white comedians, who always played in blackface, were the best-known, and highest paid, minstral performers of all time, and introduced the "buck and wing" tapdance routine as well as the song "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," which was adopted by Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill. (bio by: Joe Fodor)
Search Amazon for Thomas Heath | | | Burial:
The Evergreens Cemetery
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York, USA
Plot: Hickory Knoll Section, Lot 95 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 30, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 19967 |
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