Born in New York City and raised in the Bronx, she knew at an early age that she wanted to be a singer. She changed her name to Reade after Broadway actress Florence Reed and started a professional singing career on the New York night club circuit.
It wasn't a long career. She met a young actor and comedian and quickly fell in love.
Bob Hope told the story of meeting Dolores many times: “It happened in 1933 when I was in ‘Roberta' on Broadway. I went to the Vogue Club on 57th Street to hear a pretty girl sing. Her name: Dolores Reade.
“She had a low, husky voice — soft and sweet. She sang “It's Only a Paper Moon.” That did it.”
The pair married on Feb. 19, 1934, in Erie, Pa.
I doubt it is very common for both partners in a marriage to have lived to be 100 or more.
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