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Thomas K. Heath

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Thomas K. Heath

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Aug 1938 (aged 85)
East Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hickory Knoll Section, Lot 95
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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, minstrel 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.
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, minstrel 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

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19967/thomas_k-heath: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas K. Heath (11 Aug 1853–19 Aug 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19967, citing The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.