Debbie Drake
Debbie Drake | |
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| Born | Velda Louise Bellah March 28, 1930 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 29, 2024 (aged 94) |
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| Television | The Debbie Drake Show |
Debbie Drake (March 28, 1930 – August 29, 2024) was an American fitness and nutrition guru. Drake is most well-known for presenting The Debbie Drake Show from 1960 to 1978. She also published books and released exercise records.
Career
Drake's career started after starting a local exercise show on regional television before being gaining popularity and being syndicated nationwide.
Drake appeared on the February 26, 1961 episode of What's My Line?.
In 2015, Drake was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame.
Drake died on August 29, 2024, at age 94.
References
- ↑ "Debbie Drake Has Surgery". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1986.
- ↑ Borgerson, Janet; Schroeder, Jonathan E. (2024). Designed for success: better living and self-improvement with midcentury instructional records. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-37786-7.
- ↑ "Life". Time Inc. January 26, 1962 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "TV: One, Two". Time. May 5, 1961 – via content.time.com.
- ↑ "In the 60s, Men and Women Both Tuned in to Debbie Drake". OrangeBean Indiana. January 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Debbie Drake: America's First Female TV Fitness Guru". January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Debbie Drake". 29 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
External links
- Debbie Drake at IMDb
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