Doris Day
Thirteen-year-old Doris Kappelhoff was one of four persons injured Oct. 13, 1937, when a car collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive on the High Street crossing at Fifth Street. There were no warning lights or gates at the crossing then.
The Cincinnati girl was treated at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton for a right leg fracture, an injury that changed her life. A steel pin was inserted in the bone and an extra-heavy cast forced cancellation of a trip to Hollywood, where she was to audition as a dancer.
After the accident, she developed her singing skills, instead of her legs and feet. In 1943, then known as Doris Day and singing with the Les Brown band, she had one of the year's top single records (Sentimental Journey). It was the start of her stardom as a club, movie, radio and TV entertainer that continued into the 1970s.
The Cincinnati girl was treated at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton for a right leg fracture, an injury that changed her life. A steel pin was inserted in the bone and an extra-heavy cast forced cancellation of a trip to Hollywood, where she was to audition as a dancer.
After the accident, she developed her singing skills, instead of her legs and feet. In 1943, then known as Doris Day and singing with the Les Brown band, she had one of the year's top single records (Sentimental Journey). It was the start of her stardom as a club, movie, radio and TV entertainer that continued into the 1970s.