About Dan Daly
Lived 1864 – 1904 (aged 39–40). Dan Daly was an actor and comedian.
Dan Daly (c. 1854 – March 26, 1904) was an American actor known as the "eccentric comedian".
Career In 1896 he appeared in The Lady Slavey in New York co-starring Marie Dressler. He also appeared in The Belle of New York, The Rounders, The New Clown and in John Henry.
Personal life and death Daly was the fifth of a family of eight children. Then Daly struck out for himself, and it was as a leading comedian that he was best known.
Daly had contracted tuberculosis, and died on March 26, 1904, at the age of 40, from a pulmonary hemorrhage at the Hotel Vendome in Manhattan. He married Mary Mooney of Boston, and they had a son, Robert Daly.
According to fellow comedian Eddie Foy Sr., Daly subsisted on a diet of snails and champagne for the last two years of his life:
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Who was Dan Daly?
American actor and comedian (1864–1904)
When was Dan Daly born?
Dan Daly was born in 1864 in Revere.
When did Dan Daly die?
Dan Daly died on 26 March 1904 in New York City.
What was Dan Daly's occupation?
Dan Daly was an actor and comedian.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Dan Daly (comedian)
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