Syd Silverman, 90, Who Kept Variety Boffo for 30 Years, Is Dead
... in Midtown Manhattan in 2005. He was born Syd Silverman on Jan. 23, 1932, in Manhattan and raised in suburban Harrison, N.Y. His mother, the former Marie Saxon, was a vaudevillian who starred in several films, including "The Broadway Hoofer" (1929). ...