Fact #109780
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Boxer, booking agent, producer, singer, pianist and Tin Pan Alley composer Henry W. Armstrong, dies in New York City, USA. His biggest hit was Sweet Adeline, written in 1903 with Richard H. Gerard, but also his 1905 song Nellie Dean became hugely popular in the UK as the signature song of music hall singer Gertie Gitana.