Doris Ann Day (1949 - 2017)

Born 9 Jan 1949 in Paterson, New Jersey

Ancestors

Daughter of Ira Day and Ruth (D) Day

Died 24 Nov 2017 at age 68 in South Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Doris was born in 1949. She is the daughter of Ira Day and Ruth Dunn. She was a Liberian in Glen Rock, New Jersey library. After she died her boss said she was the best at what she did. She had one daughter and was divorced.

Jan and Doris, 1966

When Doris was 11, my mother got a phone call for a kid who had got to school with my older sister. She couldn't understand what he was saying, something about could Doris be on TV. My mother thought it was a hoax and hung up. Then a man called a few more times and she would hang up again. Well, about an hour later Gary Moore called himself. He started the conversation with "Don't hang up, Mrs. Day. I'm really Gary Moore and we would like your daughter to take the place of the actress, Doris Day who is sick." That got her attention. The father of the boy who called earlier, was a camera man on the show. Hearing of the shows' dilemma the son told of a former classmate having a sister with that name. So from there that started the ball rolling, and the phone calls were made. My father drove Doris to New York City to make her star appearance. For her performance, Doris got a Schwinn bike, $500 and a case of Winston cigarettes, for my father to smoke. Doris Day on The Gary Moore Show in 1959. 11 year old. The Video of the show is on Youtube: [1]

Sources

1950 United States Federal Census "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch ([2] : Sun Jul 30 08:28:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Ira Day and Ruth Day, 10 April 1950.

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U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 Doris Winterberg Birth Date: 9 Jan 1949 Residence Date: 1991 Address: 1 Dahnert Park Ln Residence: Garfield, NJ 07026-1647

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New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903 Doris Winterberg Age: 68 Birth Date: 9 Jan 1949 Birth Place: Paterson, New Jersey, USA Death Date: 24 Nov 2017 Death Place: New Jersey, USA Source information: Title: New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903 Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

Sources

Title: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current The News; Publication Date: 11/ Nov/ 1971; Publication Place: Paterson, New Jersey, United States of America; URL: [3] Edit source Source information Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher date: 2019 Publisher location: Lehi, UT, USA

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Find a Grave, database and images November 24, 2017.

• Doris Ann Day'

BIRTH 9 Jan 1949 Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 26 Nov 2017 (aged 68) Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA [4] Family Members: Parents: Ira Reese Day 1921–1970 Ruth Catherine Dunn 1916–1971 Siblings: Ira R Day 1953–1989

Sources

• Find a Grave ([5]: accessed 16 August 2023), memorial page for Doris Ann Day (9 Jan 1949–26 Nov 2017), Find a Grave Memorial ID 257793229; Cremated; Maintained by J. Day (contributor 51253809).