Name: Art Garfunkel
Date of Birth: 5 November 1941
Also sang with Paul Simon in the late 50s. As the duo "Tom and Jerry", they had a top 50 hit in 1957 with "Hey, Schoolgirl". (Garfunkel used the stage name "Tom Graph"; Simon was "Jerry Landis".) The duo broke up at the end of the 50s after a string of flop follow-ups, only to reunite a few years later under their real names.
Between his stints with musical duos "Tom and Jerry" and "Simon and Garfunkel", released some non-charting solo material as "Artie Garr".
Was living with actress Laurie Bird at the time of her suicide in 1979.
... Dated Penny Marshall at the same time that Carrie Fisher was dating his musical partner, Paul Simon.
Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Simon & Garfunkel) in 1990.
His all-time favorite pop song is Paul McCartney's "Here, There and Everywhere" and his all-time favorite album is Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours".
Father of a son, James Garfunkel.
Reunited with Paul Simon in a nostalgia tour for the first time in two decades in 2003.
Garfunkel became a father again via surrogate mother, Beau Daniel arrived October 2005.
Has a Masters of Science in Mathematics. Was going to pursue his PhD, but his career took off before that happened.
Is of Romanian Jewish descent.
Is mentioned in the Barenaked Ladies' song "If I Had $1000000" (1993).
Took 40 excursions on his walk across America to complete the route from New York to Los Angeles from 1983 to 1997.
Cousin of former boy band manager, Louis J. Pearlman who helped launched the careers of the Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC.
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