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        1. George cates obituary
        2. Who is still alive from the lawrence welk show
        3. Composer, conductor, arranger and producer, educated at New York University.
        4. George Edward Cates VC (9 May – 9 March ) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC).

          5. Who is still alive from the lawrence welk show.

          George Cates

          • Born 19 October 1911, New York City, New York
          • Died 12 May 2002, Santa Monica, California

          awrence Welk's musical right-hand man for over 25 years, Cates was a bald, goateed, beatnik-looking guy who occasionally strayed from the straight and dull path of "champagne music" to create some strange and irreverent sounds.

          His album "Polynesian Percussion" features cool instrumental work by brothers-in-law Alvino Rey and Buddy Cole on console guitar and "Novachord" (an early electronic organ), as well as the requisite 15-plus strange percussion instruments.

          Perhaps Cates was never quite able to shake off the experience of working with the slapstick vaudeville comedy team of Olsen and Johnson on their legendary revue, "Hellzapoppin," after his graduation from New York University.

          Most of his recordings and much of his work with Welk is, to belie the title of one of his own albums, not the least bit "Exciting."

          Cates began vectoring down a path of sweet bands t