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Celebrating Danny Kaye's 100th birthday

Kaye, UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador for three decades, is

Photo credit: UNICEF | Kaye, UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador for three decades, is the class clown on a visit to PS 149 in Brooklyn, which he attended.

There are many in the Act 2 generation who remember the late Danny Kaye, whose career spanned several decades. Older seniors know him as one of the world's biggest movie stars during the 1940s and '50s. Boomers may recall his TV specials and weekly variety show in the 1960s. And while he was a standout entertainer, Kaye was also well known for his years of humanitarian work, especially for UNICEF.

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