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Crosby Family Imposter
For anyone on Facebook, you might have run across a person called Johnny Holiday. He performs in the California area. He claims to be the great nephew of Bing. I recently talked to Howard Crosby (Bing's nephew) and Phil Crosby Jr (Bing's grandson). He is no relation!
Check out the full story here...
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Even though Johnny Holiday (aka Scott Ables) has been exposed as not related to Bing, he is still performing under the impression that he is related to Bing. He even posted on instagram asking for donations for cancer research. I would be weary of anything with his name attached to it.
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Thread Starter- Ian Kerstein
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Good grief, David!
I've just read your excellent linked article on Mr Holiday/Ables.
Clearly these low level con artists lack any real self-knowledge as to how eventually they will be rumbled.
You really have to have your ducks (and lies) in a row to pull anything like this fully off.
It reminds me of the guy many decades ago, running round California pretending to be the by then rarely seen and retired James Cagney. All this must be a real pain and most upsetting to genuine family members.
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Ian, Years back a man claimed to be Cagney's biological son. Cagney was unable to have children. He was sterile due to a sickness he had years before. So anyone claiming to be his son picked the wrong guy to be his father. Lol!
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Did Jim ever work with Bing on the radio?
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Carmela,
John McCabe's biography of Jim states that in 1972, Hollywood reporter Jim Bacon wrote of a "phoney Cagney", passing himself off as the real thing. Apparently he was moving in high social circles in the American south (not as I previously wrote, in California). A real "slickster", according to the report. I wonder if Bing was ever a victim of anyone claiming to be him?
This post replaces a since deleted one (by me) where I was accidentally correcting you, Carmela. Apologies for any misunderstandings.
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Yes, Ian, I remember reading that story as well. I forgot where I read about the guy claiming to be his son but I remember reading it. Yes, Bing and Cagney were on the radio together. I believe in 1938, I had it but lost it. It is hard to find. And they did the Command Performance 1942. Ian, don't worry about correcting me, I encourage it, the old brain ain't what it use to be. Lol! Ian, the best book on Cagney is "Cagney by Cagney", his autobiography.
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