Ole Olsen (comedian)

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Ole Olsen
Olsen in 1952
Born	John Sigvard Olsen (1892-11-06)November 6, 1892 Peru, Indiana, U.S.
Died	January 26, 1963(1963-01-26) (aged 70) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Vaudevillian, comedian
Years active	1930–1956
Spouse(s)	Lillian Louise Clem (m. 1912; divorced) Eileen Maria Osthoff ​ ​ (m. 1961)​
Children	4, including Moya

John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen (November 6, 1892 – January 26, 1963) was an American vaudevillian and comedian, who was part of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team.

Olsen was married twice. He had four children with his first wife, Lillian Clem: John Charles, Robert Clem, Joy, and Moya. They were later divorced. Robert Clem died of miliary tuberculosis at age 2. J. C. Olsen, an actor, died by suicide in 1956. Moya married William P. Lear of Learjet fame in 1942.

Ole was involved in a serious automobile accident in 1950 and recuperated at the Lear home. In June 1961, Ole married Eileen Maria Osthoff, a dancer and choreographer whom he had known for eight years. Olsen is remembered for the quote, "May you live as long as you laugh, and laugh as long as you live", which is cited on his headstone.

He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 70 of a kidney ailment, and is interred in Palm Desert Memorial in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a grave adjoining that of Chic Johnson.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ole Olsen (comedian).

• Ole Olsen at IMDb
• Charles Stumpf Olsen and Johnson - The Zaniest of the Zanies from Classic Images
• Ole Olsen Memorial Theatre
• "Ole Olsen Papers, 1910-1999, Collection Guide", Indiana Historical Society