The search Engine Google is showing this animated Doodle in few countries for celebrating Frankie Manning’s 102nd birthday.
Frankie Manning was an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop.
Although he didn't come up with the name, Frankie Manning was known as the ambassador of the Lindy Hop because he helped make the dance popular and spread it through to the mainstream.
The Lindy Hop and Manning’s aerial flourishes became wildly popular, and Manning himself performed the dance Frankie Manning in several 40’s era movies.
He also served in WWII, toured South America and the UK with his troupe, The Congaroos, performed the Lindy for King George VI, and won a Tony Award for his choreographic work on the Broadway musical Black and Blue.
A resident of Corona, Queens, Manning died in Manhattan on April 27, 2009, aged 94.He is interred in the Hillcrest Plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, NY.
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