a 1958 adventure film, Desert Hell. In 1961, Desmond co-starred on the CBS summer replacement series Glenn Miller Time, which featured the Miller orchestra under the direction of host Ray McKinley. Later years On Broadway, Desmond appeared in Say, Darling (1958) and as Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl, after Sydney Chaplin left the cast. Personal life and death Desmond married singer Ruth Keddington. In September 1985, he died of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 65. Singles References External links Susan Liddell's Johnny Desmond Fan site Article on Desmond on The Interlude Era website Johnny Desmond recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1919 births 1985 deaths American people of Italian descent Big band singers Carlton Records artists Traditional pop music singers 20th-century American singers Singers from Detroit 20th-century American male singers American male jazz musicians United States Army personnel of World War II