Date of Birth: August 10, 1928
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Death: September 22, 2010
Place of Death: Berkeley, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Eddie Fisher was an American singer and actor. He was the most successful pop singles artist of the first half of the 1950s.
Eddie was the son of Kate (Winokur) and Joseph P. Fisher, who were Russian Jewish immigrants. He was the father of actress and writer Carrie Fisher and filmmaker Todd Fisher (with his former wife, singer, actress, and humanitarian Debbie Reynolds), and actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher (with his former wife, singer and actress Connie Stevens). He was the grandfather of actress Billie Lourd.
Eddie’s paternal grandparents were David or Nathan Tisch/Fisher and Anna or Linnie.
Eddie’s maternal grandparents were Zelig/Selig Zadik Minniker/Winokur and Ida.
Sources: Genealogies of Eddie Fisher – https://www.geni.com
http://gw.geneanet.org