[1] Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, NY.
Father: Russell Ray Heinz (film executive)
Mother: Mildred Link
Wife: Lucia Evangelista (soprano, m. 23-Jul-1952, d. 2000 ALS, four sons)
Son: Andrew
Son: David
Son: John
Son: Russell
High School: Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, CA (1937)
University: BS, University of California at Los Angeles (1943)
New York Metropolitan Opera (1946-87)
Author of books:
This is My Story, This is My Song (1968, memoir)
Great Singers on Great Singing (1982)
The Four Voices of Man (1997)
