deaths
January 29, 1980
Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (born 1893)
Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as the schnozzola, and the word became his nickname.
January 29
January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 336 days remain until the end of the year.