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- Died
- John Cort was born in 1859 in Woodstock, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Maude Fealy and Ida M. Cort. He died on November 17, 1929 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
- SpousesMaude Fealy(January 9, 1920 - 1923) (annulled)Ida M. Cort(? - November 17, 1929) (his death, 3 children)
- Founding member and first grand worthy president of the Seattle Fraternal Order of Eagles.
- As a Broadway producer he introduced to the public Joe E. Brown, Hal Skelly and Louis Groody.
- Owned the John Cort Theater on Broadway.
- In 1888 he organized the first vaudeville circuit in America.
- As a young man he moved to Seattle and formed a company that at its height would own 117 theaters ranging from St. Paul, Minnesota to the Pacific Coast.
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