Debbie Drake
Debbie Drake | |
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| Born | Velda Louise Bellah March 28, 1930 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 29, 2024 (aged 94) |
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| Television | The Debbie Drake Show |
Debbie Drake (March 28, 1930 – August 29, 2024) was an American fitness and nutrition guru. Drake is most well-known for presenting The Debbie Drake Show from 1960 to 1978.[1] She also published books and released exercise records.[2]
Career
[edit]Drake's career started after starting a local exercise show on regional television before being gaining popularity and being syndicated nationwide.[3][4][5]
Drake appeared on the February 26, 1961 episode of What's My Line?.
In 2015, Drake was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame.[6]
Drake died on August 29, 2024, at age 94.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Debbie Drake Has Surgery". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1986.
- ↑ Borgerson, Janet; Schroeder, Jonathan E. (2024). Designed for success: better living and self-improvement with midcentury instructional records. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-37786-7.
- ↑ "Life". Time Inc. January 26, 1962 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "TV: One, Two". Time. May 5, 1961 – via content.time.com.
- ↑ "In the 60s, Men and Women Both Tuned in to Debbie Drake". OrangeBean Indiana. January 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Debbie Drake: America's First Female TV Fitness Guru". January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Debbie Drake". 29 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Debbie Drake at IMDb
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