Danny La Rue Danny La Rue Danny La Rue, (born Daniel Patrick Carroll, 26 July 1927 – 31 May 2009) was an Irish-English singer and entertainer, particularly in stage theatre known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Born as Daniel Patrick Carroll in Cork City, Ireland, in 1927, La Rue was the youngest of either four or five siblings. The family moved to England when he was six and he was brought up at Earnshaw Street in Soho, central London. When the family home was destroyed during the Blitz, his mother, a seamstress, moved her children to Kennford, a Devon village where young
Daniel Dyke (died 1614) Daniel Dyke (died 1614) Daniel Dyke (died 1614) was an English academic, a Puritan of the reign of James I. He was born at Hempstead, Essex, where his father was a minister and had been silenced for nonconformity. He proceeded B.A. at St John's College, Cambridge in 1595–6, and M.A. at Sidney Sussex College in 1599. He became fellow of Sidney in 1606, when or soon after he proceeded B.D. Jeremiah Dyke, among those of the ministers who subscribed the "Book of Discipline", was his brother, and edited all Daniel Dyke's works for publication. Dyke wrote: His works were collected