Lew Sherwood(1903-1971)
- Actor
- Composer
Born in 1903, and only an occasional screen performer, the Canadian
Sherwood became the featured vocalist with Eddy Duchin and his
orchestra during the band's greatest years, from 1933 to 1941, and he
was the band's primary trumpet soloist and its musical arranger. He
remained Duchin's close friend and confidant until Duchin's death.
Sherwood died in the U.S. in 1971, and his body is buried in
Providence, Rhode Island.