Arthur Murray

Arthur Murray (April 4, 1895 – March 3, 1991) was an American dance instructor and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name.His pupils included Eleanor Roosevelt, the Duke of Windsor, John D. Rockefeller Jr.'>John D. Rockefeller Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney'>Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Barbara Hutton, Elizabeth Arden, Manuel L. Quezon, and Jack Dempsey. Television evangelist D. James Kennedy and Little House on the Prairie actress Katherine MacGregor were instructors of Murray's technique.Arthur Murray was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney'>Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 2007.

Personal facts

Arthur Murray
Birth dateApril 04, 1895
Birth name
Moses Teichman
Moses Teichmann
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Pidhaitsi , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Ethnicity
Jews
Date of deathMarch 03, 1991
Place of death
Honolulu
Children
Henry Heimlich

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