Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk dies 20 years ago today (1992)


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(Sunday, May 17, 1992) — Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk, who hosted TV’s The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982, died today from pneumonia in Santa Monica, California, at age 89.