Show 11 1 Career Career Ends Ii i S l I L. L EDWARD F. F ALBEE I ISH EDWARD AlOft SH DIES DIESMan Man Who Created Chain of Theatres Succumbs to Heart Attack PALM BE BEACH CH Fla Flab March 12 Associated Press Press Edward Edward F. F AI Albee Al- Al bee beo pioneer showman who with the late B. B F. F Keith created and operated operated oper opere a transcontinental chain o of vaudeville theatres died here last las night of a heart attack He I-fe was 72 years old Tho The theatrical man died unexpectedly unexpectedly unet- unet In his hotel r room om He lIe had been suffering Intermittently from froma a 3 heart disorder for 01 or some time but bu apparently was fooling feeling well shortly before his imis death Plans wore were made today to take the body olly to New v ew York o 4 Arrangements for funeral services will ivill bo be mado made there BEGAN WITH BARNUM Beginning as a a. young man with P P. T. T Barnum the circus magnate Mr o Albeo became an Important power In time the amusement world J bull building ln scores of or elaborate show show- houses and employing such stars as asI I Fred cd Stone A Al Jo on Joh-on on and George e M. M Cohan His Ills association with Mr 11 Keith In In the presentation of or a a. modest variety show in iii Boston Doston led IN to the founding of or the time cross country circuit cir cIr- cir cir- cult of ot theatres which was l merged Continued on pa page c 2 I EDWARD ALBEE ALBEE SHOWMAN DIES Continued from page 1 last November in the Radio Orpheum consolidation consol Mr Mt Albee retired from tom active e control of ot his enterprises at the time of ot the merger merger mer mer- ger after spending than han fifty years in the time amusement business Following Mr lr I Keiths Keith's death in 1914 Mr 1111 Albec Albee expanded the company's company's com corn pany's eastern Interests to Chicago and its nam name was changed to th time the Albec Albeo circuit In 1928 ho lie acquired acquired ac- ac the Orpheum circuit which covered the territory between n Chicago Chi cago ISo and the Pacific coast forming tho the Albee Keith chain Mrs Albee Albec the lie former Laura Laula ESmith E E. Smith of or Bo Boston ton and a son Reed ReedA A A. A Albee who were here at the tho time of Mr It Albee's death and a a. daughter daugh daugh- ter tel Mrs Irl Ethel A. A Lauder survive the theatrical magnate Mr Ir Albee who was wag born In Machias Me and antl in recent cent years ears made his homo borne at Larchmont N N. Yi 11 was here for his annual winter so so- so journ |