Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

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Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include Randolph Carter, The World of Flo Ziegfeld (1974; new and rev. ed., Ziegfeld: The Time of His Life, 1988); and Richard Ziegfeld and Paulette Ziegfeld, The Ziegfeld Touch: The Life and Times of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. (1993), written by one of Ziegfeld’s cousins and that cousin’s wife.

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Description	Contributor	Date
First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 17, 2024
Invalidated site: Library of Congress - Biography of Florenz Ziegfeld.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 01, 2024
Anniversary information added.		Mar 17, 2024
Anniversary information added.		Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Biography of Florenz Ziegfeld.	Yamini Chauhan	Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Biography of Florenz Ziegfeld.	Yamini Chauhan	Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Florenz Ziegfeld.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 25, 2012
Article revised and updated.	J.E. Luebering	Feb 14, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated.	J.E. Luebering	Feb 14, 2008
Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998