Alice Lon
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Alice Lon (born November 23, 1926, in Cooper in Delta County, Texas; died April 1981, in Dallas), known as The Champagne Lady, was a singer and dancer on the Lawrence Welk Show. In 1959, she was fired on-camera by Welk himself, who claimed that she was showing too much "cheesecake". It also turned out that money was the root of the problem as she was raising three children and had privately asked for a raise, which, for whatever reason, Welk was not disposed to provide.
Welk then received many messages demanding that she be rehired and that she receive an apology. Welk tried to bring her back, but she refused and was ultimately replaced in 1960 with Norma Zimmer.
Although they eventually reconciled personally, they never worked together professionally again.
She died of scleroderma.
