Villa Salabrini today is a $20 million institution and we are in the process of completing the phase III expansion. When phase III is completed. the Villa will house over 300 elderly people. thus enlarging its capacity to serve the Italian American senior citizens in the Chicagoland area. Jimmy Durante. whose Italian emigrant parents lived in Manhattan when he was born. began his astounding entertainment career of over 60 years at the age 17. Rising quickly to genuine stardom. he remained a beloved national celebrity for half a century. entertaining at clubs. playing the piano. and singing and dancing in the old vaudeville tradition. making records. doing Broadway musicals. and going on to highly popular radio and television programs. In addition. he made 29 movies.
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