[3] He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean . In his own recovery, Duchin spent many months fitting pennies into a piano-shaped bank to strengthen his left hand, which was affected by the stoke. Read More, Duchin, Mary Kathryn (Nee Kaiser) Mary began training for Heaven's Marathon, Saturday, April 13th, at the age of 79. "It's an amazing story," says Duchin over lunch at the Huntington Hotel. Place of Burial Private. A lot of adults arent very graceful when they try to dance like kids, he said. So many names dropped I skipped through whole paragraphs. We asked Chicagoan Jay Tunney, whose book about his own famous father, boxer Gene Tunney, and his fathers close friend, the author George Bernard Shaw, is being adapted into a play by Theater Wit called Shaw vs. Tunney, to share a little about Duchin: Peter is my oldest friend, dating from childhood when we played on the beach in Hobe Sound, Florida, during World War II, and hes never changed. Duchin wrote Face the Music with Patricia Beard, a former features editor for Town & Country and Mirabella and author of 11 non-fiction books and one novel. This was a very interesting memoir by the son on the famous Eddy Duchin, pianist and band leader who was popular in the 40's and early 50's. Peter Duchin, whose new memoir is out now, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in New York City in 1971. Visitation will be held 12-4 and 5-9 PM Monday with a 10 AM Funeral Service on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at the David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville. The pressure substituted for ambition." "[1] After the death of both of his parents he was raised by close family friends, statesman W. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie Norton Harriman. Duchin was the only child of Eddy Duchin and Marjorie Oelrichs, a socialite who died soon after Peter's birth. Beard interviewed Duchin for the aforementioned program that night and like the audience, her admiration for her subject was apparent. Mr. Duchin is often called a society bandleader, a term that refers to his clientele but also signifies a musical approach that incorporates big bands, swing and Broadway songs (and nowadays, old-fashioned rock n roll). Reading Time: 3 minutes. Distraught by the death of his beautiful wife and the expected loss of his newborn son, Eddy Duchin abandoned the scene to lose himself in his music. "There was a sadness and loneliness to my childhood that I'd repressed," says Duchin. It was a little bit interesting - about his early life - his mother died at his birth and his father was a mostly a mostly absent father meaning that he was brought up by Averill Harriman and his wife. I know no art more atmospheric than the music of Peter Duchin The bandsspecialties are memory and moodthe production of feelings under controlled circumstances. Survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Peter Duchin was born in New York City in 1937, the only child of his handsome father, Eddy, and his attractive socialite wife, Marjorie Oelrichs. By now, Peter Duchin's career has lasted longer than his father's. Eddy Duchin died of leukemia in 1951 at age 42. Get help and learn more about the design. "That's about it. Really enjoyed it. Duchin was born in New York City, the son of pianist and band leader Eddy Duchin. Arrange-ments by BROWN FUNERAL HOME, PLATTSBURGH, NY Read More, Duchin, Esther Nov. 16, 2006, age 86 years. But what you really have is the autobiography of a working musician who has interesting thoughts about his heroes, jazz and popular music and about running the orchestra business. It is as much the story of a young bandleaders education as the tale of an arrogant young man rubbing elbows with some of Americas most famous social and historical players, from World War II to the present. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie. Early life [ edit ] Marjorie was born on June 23, 1908 and was daughter of Marjorie Ramely Oelrichs (ne Turnbull; 1883-1952) and Charles de Loosey Oelrichs (1882-1973). During WWII she worked as a clerk for the U.S. Army Air Force in Waco where Read More, Carole passed away in April 2012. In 1996 he published his memoir, Ghost of a Chance. In essence, I was introduced to the world of the rich, the famous, the influential from Peter Duchin's perspective. I graduated GeorgetownNursing and I know where the Harriman house was. By submitting your e-mail, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. Not a great book but an enjoyable and interesting read. He is an actor, known for The Post (2017), Working Girl (1988) and Jade (1995). Cherished grandmother of Nerissa, Caroline and Katey. Society has changed -- it's no longer based on background or manners; it's based on money.". The late U.S. Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart famously said that pornography is hard to define, but I know it when I see it. Id say the same about glamour. Duchin's music was much heard on middle of the road radio in the late 1960s and early 1970s from albums and singles released on the Decca, Bell and Capitol labels. Everyone from Frank Sinatra and Ernest Hemingway to Jackie and Ari Onassis makes an appearance in the course of Duchins star-studded story. He called Mr. Duchin an immensely talented musician, as evidenced by the records he made for Decca in the 60s, which even included songs Mr. Duchin had written himself. Give me a party where people are having a ball. Lots of parties. Indeed, Duchin grew up feeling entitled to these luxuries. He was 96 years old. Service Private. Read More, MONROE TOWNSHIP -- Meyer M. Duchin, 91, died Tuesday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. My father was a ghost to me. P eter Duchin, the pianist and society bandleader, was headed home from a post-theater dinner in the fall of 2013 when the chest pains began. PAUL DUCHIN OBITUARY. Mr. Duchin is thick-chested and ruddy-faced, with a mane of sandy hair just on the long side of businesslike. 2021 PETER DUCHIN, This story appears in the December 2021/January 2022 issue of Town & Country. The child, the couple's third, has been named Colin Z. Services Wednesday, see last Wednesdays paper or visit funeral home website for complete notice. Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs Duchin (June 23, 1908 August 3, 1937) was an American socialite. She was the second wife of former New York Governor and diplomat Averell Harriman.Harriman operated a prominent New York City art gallery for more than a decade. Peter Duchin. Colin is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Zauderer of New York and the late Eddy Duchin, the pianist and or chestra leader, and the late Mrs. Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin. From the time I began at the Maisonette, newspapers and magazines persistently described me as the glamorous Peter Duchin, as if the adjective was part of my name. Hospital scenes should be depressing, but in his hands they arent; descriptions of midcentury New York should be fascinating, and they are. Peter Oelrichs Duchin (born July 28, 1937) is an American pianist and band leader. Pretty soon we were all smiling because they had hope.. Travel & Experiences. 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Loving husband for 45 years of Belle Brent Clay Ward Duchin; father of Elizabeth Ward Duchin White (Paul), Massachusetts and Belle Clay Duchin Deming (Bruce) of Arlington, VA. Also survived by Read More, Ronald was born on December 8, 1937 and passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. In Groups: Peter Duchin, His Piano And Orchestra, Peter Duchin, His Piano And Strings. Mrs. Duchin died two years later following the birth . While in the Navy, Eddy Duchin visited Peter and Marie Harriman, who helped raise Peter. It was split into several categories Big Band, Dad, Sinatra and, at the end, a handful of sets/songs to be added when we talk it over. These included Slow Big Band, Ellie Greenwich and Society if needed., Society means Cole Porter, Irving Berlin Peters thing but this isnt a society crowd, said Barry Lazarowitz, the bands drummer and musical director. All along, he had just been a rich little poor boy, whose trust from his father was barely enough to cover basic expenses and fine schooling. Are you with me so far? Terms & Privacy When I came along, there were a dozen clubs in town to play, places like El Morocco and the Maisonette in the St. Regis, where people would go to dance, Mr. Duchin said. When I moved to Asia, he came over to visit me, and he was the first to greet me back home. With the death of his mother shortly after his birth, Peter's father, Eddie Duchin, the nation's premier band leader, was on the road 300 days a year and so he was "adopted"/raised by . TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. "When somebody gets jobs before he's worked his way up the ladder he'd better be good," says Duchin, a decent pianist who long ago learned to scope out a crowd and hit the tempo to get folks dancing. You rarely hear Peter refer to himself, unless you ask, and hes loyal to the bone to those he loves. He was previously married to Brooke Hayward and Cheray Georgea Zauderer. During WWII she worked as a clerk for the U.S. Army Air Force in Waco Read More, Freddye Mae Duchin age 87 of San Antonio passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. That is how I felt. Duchin with vocalist and guitarist Roberta Fabiano when he received the Living Landmark Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. I don't think it was .name-dropping. The story of [Peter] Duchins life has an elegiac aura of glamour and tragedy that might have come directly from the imagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Forced to live in an oxygen tent for more than a year, baby Peter was taken to Arden, the vast New York estate of the couple who raised him in aristocratic style -- patrician statesman Averell Harriman and his wife Marie, Marjorie Duchin's best friend. In 1964, he married Cheray Zauderer, a divorced Manhattan socialite with whom he eventually had three children. Our mission is to get Southern California reading and talking. Funeral services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road, Princeton Junction. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Belleville. I think he had heard I was having too much fun in Paris, Duchin remembered. Wife of the late Meyer Duchin, she Read More, DUCHIN, Alice Lev (Zablotsky) Age 97, of Roslindale, formerly of Chelsea and Malden, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Behind the stage he addressed the members of his band, a core group of seven younger musicians. "My life has been a fairy tale," says Duchin, who recounts it in his lively and affecting memoir, "Ghost of a Chance," published last week by Random House ($27.50). Along the way it was not only his wife Virginia and his amazing assistant Adelle who pushed him to recover but also the power of the parents he lost at such young ages. At 59 he's no longer that dashing youth who had an affair in Spain with Ava Gardner, but he's still boyishly handsome. Four years later, the famous bandleader died of leukemia at age 42. One of Peters most endearing qualities has always been that hes the kind of guy who can talk to anyone, and who, importantly, is actually interested in almost anyones conversation regardless of their station in life, their job, their background, or their social or political connections. Who, after all, could beat the one about the time Mr. Duchin drove into New York with a number of Yale classmates to watch as a film crew shot The Eddy Duchin Story, in which Tyrone Power and Kim Novak had been cast as his parents? She was born in New York City to the late Frances Stelman Weisbard and Oscar Pomeranz. Read More, Beloved husband of Cecelia Duchin. The young boy was raised primarily by his godparents, the illustrious W. Averell. [1] The band's style and genres have been described as "a musical approach that incorporates big bands, swing and Broadway songs (and nowadays, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll)."[2]. Weve been together often as brothers might, many meals, travels, and talks over the last eighty years and even if theres a lapse of time, I always feel Peter and I are starting where we left off before, whether its been hours, weeks, or years. Would recommend. Profile: He is an American pianist and band leader, born July 28, 1937 in New York City, New York. His single "Star Dust" reached No. Though his uniform most nights is a tuxedo he keeps 15 of them in working order one evening near the end of the summer found him in a fishing jacket and Belgian casuals as he prepared to play a town concert in Port Jefferson, N.Y. Less pleasant to read is the description of his promiscuity and dissolution, as a young man. So was my mother. Loving sister of several brothers and sisters. In a sense, I was envious of the connections he had, the people he knew, the opportunities and the travel he experienced. She was born August 18, 1924 in Waco, TX to Sol and Stella Ashendorf. "I didn't know until I was in my 30s how she died," Duchin says. He had my return ticket to New York in hand. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In the succeeding decades,. He is an actor, known for The Post (2017), Working Girl (1988) and Jade (1995). Reposing at Colonial Funeral Home, 2819 Hylan Blvd., corner of Tysens Lane on Saturday and Read More, Area Death Notice Duchin, Daniel, 78, of Boca Raton, died Wednesday. His mothers best friend, Marie was very much like a mother to him: My own mother was not only beautiful and charming, she was unusual. [4], Please expand the article to include this information. "[4] An Edward Steichen photograph of Oelrichs was included in an advertisement for Pond's cold cream in a 1926 copy of Ladies' Home Journal. I want to be exciting enough to get them to do that, but not intrusive., The singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, a friend who has put in his share of nights playing parties, said, The music Peter plays is music to entertain and make people feel wonderful at parties and events that would and will suffer tremendously without it.. That should have made it clear that something very bad was going on. But I wasnt tracking much, except for the sound of a machine that constantly emitted an extremely irritating beep-beep just off A-flat., Or, subscribe to AIR MAIL and receive full access today. I think that was his life. Mr. Duchin likes to chalk up his success to a combination of birthright and social profile, invoking not only his background but also that he bolstered his fame by playing small roles, mostly as bandleaders, in a number of movies (including Six Degrees of Separation and Working Girl) and writing mystery novels with a co-author, John Morgan Wilson. Cherished grandmother of Michael and Logan. That is why I wrote the book, to tell people to not give up, he shared. Mr. Duchin was drinking scotch from a heavy cut-glass tumbler (his secretary, Betty Walsh, always carries one for him and one for Roberta Fabiano, his guitarist and singer), dipped cold cuts from a caterers tray into a plastic cup of mustard and had a look at a set-list printout. Peter Oelrichs Duchin (born July 28, 1937) is an American pianist and band leader . I hang out with people I dig, people who are interesting. The other essential part of his job, of course, is filling dance floors, and this is high season for the events for which hes most in demand. In the 1996 memoir Ghost of a Chance, his son Peter wrote of the factual discrepancies in the film The Eddy Duchin Story . Really never heard of Peter or his father, but was pulled into the period. Mr. Duchins father, Eddy Duchin, was also a bandleader and was famous for a string of Top 10 records in the 1930s. Segue to Eddy Duchins signature tune, Chopins Nocturne in E-flat. Read More, Arrangements under the direction of Olinger Hampden Mortuary & Cemetery, Denver, CO. Read More, Col. RONALD A. DUCHIN, USA (Ret.) Born May 23, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey, son of Harry and Bess (ne Goldberg) Duchin. Local Obituaries Geraldine Orosco, 76 of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 17, 2023. The internationally-famous bandleader Peter Duchin's six decades of performing have taken him to the most exclusive dance floors and concert halls in the world. David Netto. I took some of my Yale friends over to Central Park where they were filming to see Kim Novak who was playing Marjorie, Duchin said. Each of them knows about 3,000 songs. Born in Everett, MA, Mr. Duchin was a former resident of Liberty, NY and Sarasota, FL. He said patrons at the Maisonette, where he had his first steady job, gave him a hard time for playing long-hair music.. I owed it to myself and to her to try to find out more), but victories over a stroke and a near-death brush with Covid have made Duchin a sunnier and more philosophical writer than ever. Anyone can read what you share. concerts, tea dances and debutante parties. It was begun as a meditation on his need to know more about the mother he lost almost at birth (Would we recognize each other if we passed on the street? 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