- Was the bandleader of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, of which he had been a member from 1938 through the 1940s.
- He is survived by his third wife, Carol Morrow of Maitland, Florida; their daughter Sara Morrow of Los Angeles, California; a son, Peter Morrow of Hillsdale, New Jersey from his first marriage to Lucille Ross; a daughter, Catherine Morrow of Marietta, Georgia from his second marriage to Clare Eggleston; and three grandchildren.
- Son of Sophie and David Zudekoff of New Haven, Connecticut. He was the fifth of sixth children in a musical family. He played the trombone because the trumpet was taken already by another sibling.
- He won a scholarship to Juilliard School in New York City but left before graduation to pay professionally.
- He served in the United States Navy from 1941 to 1944 and played with the Navy Band based in Staten Island, New York.
- He became a band-leader in 1945 covering for Jimmy Dorsey. He formed the Buddy Morrow Orchestra in 1947 until 1968 and played with the Tonight Show band in the 1960s when the show was based in New York City. He was conductor of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1977.
- He received the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Trombone Association.
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