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Anson Weeks

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Anson Weeks

Original Name
Anson Button Weeks Jr
Birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Death
7 Feb 1969 (aged 72)
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
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48, Lot 151, Grave 2
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Actor, Orchestra Leader. Remembered as 'Joe Riggan' in the musical movie "Rhythm Inn," (1951) Weeks, formed his first dance orchestra in 1924 and quickly became popular with the Bay Area crowd. In 1931, he gained national recognition with a weekly NBC radio program "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show." In 1941, a bus accident left Weeks seriously injured. He led his orchestra off and on during the war years, in between treatments and surgeries. Later, when the Big Band boom went bust, he retired and went into the real estate business in Santa Rosa, California. Weeks died of emphysema.
Actor, Orchestra Leader. Remembered as 'Joe Riggan' in the musical movie "Rhythm Inn," (1951) Weeks, formed his first dance orchestra in 1924 and quickly became popular with the Bay Area crowd. In 1931, he gained national recognition with a weekly NBC radio program "The Lucky Strike Magic Carpet Show." In 1941, a bus accident left Weeks seriously injured. He led his orchestra off and on during the war years, in between treatments and surgeries. Later, when the Big Band boom went bust, he retired and went into the real estate business in Santa Rosa, California. Weeks died of emphysema.

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  • Originally Created by: MC
  • Added: Jul 18, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9117053/anson-weeks: accessed ), memorial page for Anson Weeks (14 Feb 1896–7 Feb 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9117053, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.