Victor Borge

Børge Rosenbaum (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000),^[1] known professionally as Victor Borge (/ˈbɔːrɡə/ BOR-gə), was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist. He was known for his radio and television works in the United States and Europe.^[2]

Borge in 1999

Borge was known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark".^[3] His best known work was in Comedy in Music, which became the longest running one-man show in the history of theatre with 849 performances, a feat which placed it in the Guinness Book of World Records.^[4] He was born in Copenhagen.

In 1999, he received the Kennedy Center Honors.

Borge died on 23 December 2000 in his sleep in Greenwich, Connecticut following a concert, aged 91.^[5]