Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-24 | Page 10 | World Famous Minstrel Dies

C1E0RGE H. PRIMROSE, national-X national-X ly-lovcd actor, who died yesterday yester-day at San Diego, Cal., after a month's illness. V I y t . 'i II - ji WORLD FIHOO! MINSTREL- DIES Great Comedian Had Entertained En-tertained American Public Pub-lic Many Years. SAM DIEGO, Cal., July 23. George H. Primrose, famous minstrel, died in this city early today, following a severe Illness Ill-ness that bean one month aso. He was born in London, Out., sixtv-sLx vears ago. A widow and a brother survive In in here. Primrose's career as a minstrel dates since the time of the famous Haverly troupe. He began his stage career when la years old, and is credited with having originated soft-shoe dancing. After being with the Haverlv troupe for several years, Primrose toured the country with a company known as Barlow, Bar-low, ilson, Primrose & West. Later the name yas changed to Primrose & Y est. a combination which lasted foi many years. About sixteen vears ago Primrose joined forces with Lew Dock-statler. Dock-statler. Of late years he had appeared on the vaudeville stage.