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| =John L. Golden= | |||
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| | birth_name = John L. Golden | |||
| | alias = Mr. Bayside | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date|1874|06|27}} | |||
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| | death_date = {{death date and age|1955|06|17|1874|06|27}} | |||
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| | spouse = Margaret Golden | |||
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| '''John L. Golden''' (June 27, 1874 – June 17, 1955)<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for John Golden|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325444/bio|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> was a ] producer, author, songwriter, reporter, theater owner, actor, and prominent member of the New York theatre scene up until his death. | |||
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| He worked as a reporter<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for John Golden|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325444/bio|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> before becoming a playwright | |||
| Golden produced his first show "Turn to the Right" in 1916.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Golden Park|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/Q012B/history|work=Historical Signs Project|publisher=City of New York Parks and Recreation|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> | |||
| Golden founded both the Stage Door Canteen and the Stage Relief Fund. <ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for John Golden|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325444/bio|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> | |||
| Golden was a charter member of the ](commonly known as ASCAP), a director from 1914 to 1915 and the organization's first treasurer. <ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for John Golden|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325444/bio|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> | |||
| Golden worked until his death by a heart attack on June 17, 1955, in Bayside, New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for John Golden|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325444/bio|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> | |||
| songwriter "Poor Butterfly", "Goodbye Girls, I'm Through", "Willie Off the Yacht", "I'm Growing Fond of You", "Your Heart Looked Into Mine", "I Can Dance With Everybody but My Wife", and "You Can't Play Every Instrument in the Band" | |||
| composed scores for "The Candy Shop", "Over the River", "Hip, Hip, Hooray!", "The Big Show", "Cheer Up", and "Everything" | |||
| produced plays "Susan and God", "Turn to the Right", "Three Wise Fools", "Lightnin'", "The First Year", "Seventh Heaven", "Counselor-at-Law", "When Ladies Meet", "As Husbands Go", "Let Us Be Gay", "Claudia" and "Skylark" | |||