Singer-pianist Bobby Short, 80
Posted: Monday, March 21st, 2005 3:26 pm
Bobby Short, the cherubic singer and pianist whose high-spirited but probing renditions of popular standards evoked the glamour and sophistication of Manhattan nightlife, died today at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was 80, and had homes in Manhattan and southern France.
The cause was leukemia, said his press agent, Virginia Wicks, The Associated Press reported.
Mr. Short liked to call himself a saloon singer, and his “saloon,” since 1968, was one of the most elegant in the country, the intimate Cafe Carlyle tucked in the Hotel Carlyle on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. …
Over the years, Mr. Short transcended the role of cabaret entertainer to become a New York institution and a symbol of civilized Manhattan culture. In Woody Allen’s films, a visit to the Carlyle became an essential stop on his characters’ cultural tour. … Read full obituary
