Charles E. Mack

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File:Moran and Mack Two Black Crows 1929.JPG
Moran and Mack in character in 1929.

Charles E. Mack (November 22, 1888 - January 11, 1934) was a minstrel show performer who worked in blackface. He worked with John Swor and later George Moran as the Two Black Crows.

Biography

He was born on November 22, 1888 in White Cloud, Kansas as Charles Sellers.

He married Marian Robinson. They divorced in 1931.[1][2]

He married Myrtle Buckley on July 24, 1932 in San Diego, California.[3]

He died on January 11, 1934 in Mesa, Arizona from a car accident. He was driving when a tire blew out and the car overturned several times, his wife was injured but survived. Also in the car were his daughter, Mary Jane Mack; George Moran and Mack Sennett. The funeral arrangements were made by W. C. Fields and William S. Hart. Hart gave the eulogy and and Noah Beery sang.[4][5] He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[6] His estate was valued at $50,000.[7]

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