The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
DEATH ENDS
STAGE CAREER
OF eddie FOY
Famed FootIightS Veteran
III Only Few Hours
Before End.
MADE DEBUT IN 1866
Won PIauditS of Thousands;
Star Dimmed in His
Later Years.

BV United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 16.-
Eddie Foy, 70, veteran of the Ameri-
can stage, died Of heart disease at
.8:45 a. m. today in his suite at the
Hotel Baltimore here. He was in
Kansas City for an engagement this
week at the Orpheum Theater.
Foy became i'll shortly after 5 a.
m. and lapsed into Inconsistencies.
When his condition failed to i'm
prove, Mrs. Foy called a physician.
Hypodermic injections were ad-
ministered without results.
Same Eddie to the End
The actor regained~ consciousness
long enough to ny farewell to his
wife and Father Hennesy, who had
been summoned to perform the last
rites.
Foy danced his first step more
than sixty years ago. At 70 when
most actors have retired from the
footlights to the lounges of Broad
way clubs, Foy was still dancing.
1t was a coincidence that Ed
dies" act was entitled THE Fallen
Star" He showed no signs of play
ing that role at his performance
last night. He was the same Foy
who had entertained thousands of
persons in his long stage career.
Made Debut at IL
Foy was born in New York City.
March 9, 1854. and made his debut
in Chicago when he was IL years old.
During his long American stage
career the actor played in a variety
Of theaters over the United States,
and toured in THE Tigers" Jack
in the Box" "Over the Garden
Wall" and others.
In 1923 Foy starred in That Ca
sey Girl"
other American productions asso-
ciated with Foy'S name include "Sin-
bad" "Ali Baba," cinderella, ;"
"Bluebeard," "The Earl and the
Girl" and up and Down Broad
way"
On the stages Of a thousand
vaudeville theaters he sang, "Oh, It's
to the Grave Together, It's to the
Grave Together. and We Don't Giye
a Darn How We Get There"
But they didn't go to the grave to-
gegther-Papa Foy and the seven
little Foys. The kids got tired.
TEen Family Disbands
In 1925 Eddie and his children
made one last venture for the
Rialto's favor. That was in play
called THE Casey Girl" 1t wasn't
a good show and it Topped after
tryout on the road.
Eddie lost $4,000, but he grinned.
He always managed to grin at every
thing, his lips making an ascending
arc until his right cheek puckered
deeply and the myriad lines around
his eyes crinkled and creased.
But after that failure the Foy
family disbanded.
Eddie Jr., Mary, Madeline, and
Irving made up quartet for a
vaudeville tour. Charles struck out
for himself in vaudeville. Bryan
dIlu LUX N6IlI W t1dllyNOOu.
Marries Fourth Wife
There was another disturbing fac
tor. In 1923 Foy married for the
fourth time. The children we're op-
posed to the match and the wife,
formerly Mrs. Marie Combs of Sc
dalia, Mo-, was unable to effect a
reconciliation. So the children,
whose mother was the third wife,
Madeline Morando, lived apart from
the father.
Papa Foy went on a tour, but as
he daily performed before audiences
who were surprised at the vitality
of T2-year-old comedian. he
planned for return to Broadway.
In his mind the lights that spelled
Eddie Foy and the Seven Little
FoyS" still we're twinkling.
After the performance last night
the actor and his wife conversed
with friends until after midnight.
Foy appeared to be in excellent
spirits and there was no sign of
approaching illness.