Researching John Shrum
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Shrum surname? In that year Shrum was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Shrum on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Shrum and the Shrum Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 5 people with the Shrum surname in the UK? Shrum is now ranked number 4036 for popularity in the UK. |
Shrum Family History Databases
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Shrum Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Shrum surname in the USA? Shrum is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on John Shrum. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Shrum
John Shrum
John Shrum (1927 – September 10, 1988) was an NBC Television Senior Art Director.
John Shrum was born in Los Angeles, California and attended the Chouinard Art Institute. Upon graduation, he became involved in the advent of television at KTLA-TV studios. This led to John's move to NBC Television as an Art Director.
John Shrum was Art Director for Ralph Edwards' Truth or Consequences. He was the original Art Director for Days of Our Lives when the legendary NBC soap opera went on the air in 1965.Shrum also served as Art Director for other NBC television specials including the Emmy Award winning Alice In Wonderland. Later John became Art Director for Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show on NBC, when Carson first came to Burbank, California for a West Coast broadcast of the nightly hour and a half show which followed the NBC Eleven O'Clock News each evening. So impressed with Shrum's work was the TV Host that he asked the Network executive to make him a permanent part of The Tonight Show staff. Shrum won an Emmy and numerous nominations for his work on this show.
Away from NBC, John collaborated with Milt Larsen on the entrepreneur's world-renowned Hollywood private magicians club The Magic Castle, Mayfair Music Hall Santa Monica, California, and the grand deco Variety Arts Center in downtown Los Angeles, California.
Shrum died of a heart attack in 1988.
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