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VIC BERTON Biography

Birth Name:- Victor Cohen
known as Vic Berton

Born:- May 7, 1896
Chicago, Illinois, US

Died:- December 26, 1951 at the Age 55 (Cancer)
Hollywood, California, US

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Occupations:- Jazz Drummer, Bandleader

Instruments:- Drums

Active Years:- 1903 to 1951

Associated Acts:- at the age of 5 he was hired as percussionist at the Alhambra Theater In Milwaukee in 1903,  at the age of 16 he playing for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He played drums for the John Philip Sousa's Navy Band during World War I.