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Edna June McHugh (Cantor)

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Birthplace: New York, New York County, New York, United States
Death: July 24, 2003 (84)
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Eddie Cantor and Ida Cantor
Wife of Jimmy McHugh, Jr
Mother of Private
Sister of Marjorie Cantor; Natalie Metzger Clary; Marilyn Baker and Janet Gari

Managed by: Elyse Vahjen(c)
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About Edna Cantor

Janet Cantor Gari was born on October 8, 1927. She was married to Robert Gari. She died on January 29, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

Born the daughter of famed entertainer Eddie Cantor and his wife Ida, on October 8, 1927 the youngest of the Cantor daughters Marjorie (1915-1959), Natalie (1916-1997), Edna (1919-2003), and Marilyn (1921-2010).

She was married to the late artist/actor Roberto Gari (1920-2008), from December 1949 to 1967, the union producing a son Brian Gari in 1952. Janet Gari enjoyed a musical career in her own rite, composing many songs.

Gari also penned books on her famous Cantor family -"Wear Silver In the Winter","Stop the World I Want To Tell Someone Off!", "Themes From my Father", and "The Cantor Buried Tales". She also was composer and lyricist, for a children's book/cassette, beginning with "Sing About Me".

Janet Gari passed away on January 28, 2018, at the age of 89, and is survived by son Brian Gari.

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Edna Cantor's Timeline

1919
June 19, 1919
New York, New York County, New York, United States
2003
July 24, 2003
Age 84
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States