Sound effects man Eugene Tracy Twombly (April 27, 1914 - October 17, 1968) was the sound effects director on several radio shows, including The Jack Benny Show, where his wife, American actress Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet

Bea Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She is best remembered for her wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate...

, played telephone operator Gertude Gearshift. Throughout the show, Jack Benny and his cast often referred to "Twombly, the sound effects man." Eventually, a character named Twombly (voiced by Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...

) appeared on the show, as an inept sound effects man who was constantly interrupting Jack and his cast with impromptu sound effects.

Twombley was Benaderet's second husband. He died of a heart attack in 1968 on the day of his wife's funeral, just four days after her death. Benadaret had been ill with cancer for over a year before. They are interred together at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers — barnstormers, daredevils and...

 in North Hollywood, California

California

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