Robert Clary, a late-French veteran who appeared on the World War II-set sitcom Hogans Heroes, died at the age of 96 . Clary, a musician influenced by renowned singer Eddie Cantor and married one of his five daughters on Wednesday morning .
Washington, United States, November 18: Robert Clary, a late-French veteran who appeared on the World War II-set sitcom Hogans Heroes, died at the age of 96, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Kim Wright, Clary's granddaughter, died on Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home.Clary, a musician influenced by renowned singer Eddie Cantor and married one of his five daughters on Wednesday morning, passed away.Colonel Robert E. Hogan was an American who oversaw a multinational team of Allied prisoners of war in a clandestine operation to overthrow the Nazis from within the Luft Stalag 13 camp.
Clary, a 5-foot-1, played the patriotic Cpl.Louis LeBeau and helped the perplexed Nazi Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Werner Klemperer) escape danger with his superiors.Clary dreamt of girls, hid in tight spaces, loved being around guard dogs, and loved being in small spaces.She was the only remaining original primary cast member. Clarys parents were murdered in the gas chamber the next day, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and he was executed with A-5714 on his left forearm as a form of identification.After being released in May 1945, Claire returned to France to perform in nightclubs.Clary met Cantor, who brought him to New York to sing at the upscale La Vie en Rose bar, when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1949 to record for Capitol Records, and a year later, he appeared in a CBS variety show hosted by comedian Ed Wynn in a French comedy spoof.Clary was the second daughter of Eddie Cantor and a talented painter, Natalie Cantor, who died after 32 years of marriage to Clary in 1997, and producer Leonard Sillman recognized him and cast her in the Broadway musical revue New Faces of 1952.