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| − | Successful | + | Successful pianist murdered by villain [[The Phantom Troubadour]] in the "Troubadour of Terror" story in ''[https://www.comics.org/issue/6856/ The Human Torch]'' comic book, Vol. 1, #31 (July, 1948). Borsch is giving a yacht party when the Phantom Troubadour shows up and shoots him dead. |
| − | + | Borsch was the co-composer of the popular song "Death in Venice," along with [[Leo Briggs]], [[The Phantom Troubadour|David Larnum]], and [[Jim and Luella Clegget]]. | |
| + | He's likely Russian, given Borsch is a reference to the regional dish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht borscht]. | ||
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| + | The song's title, "Death in Venice," is taken from the 1912 novella of the same name by Thomas Mann. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[The Phantom Troubadour]] |
*[[Leo Briggs]] | *[[Leo Briggs]] | ||
*[[Jim and Luella Clegget]] | *[[Jim and Luella Clegget]] | ||
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[[Category:Marvel Comics|Borsch, Vladimir]] | [[Category:Marvel Comics|Borsch, Vladimir]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional songwriters|Borsch, Vladimir]] | [[Category:Fictional songwriters|Borsch, Vladimir]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional pianists|Borsch, Vladimir]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:54, 12 May 2021
Successful pianist murdered by villain The Phantom Troubadour in the "Troubadour of Terror" story in The Human Torch comic book, Vol. 1, #31 (July, 1948). Borsch is giving a yacht party when the Phantom Troubadour shows up and shoots him dead.
Borsch was the co-composer of the popular song "Death in Venice," along with Leo Briggs, David Larnum, and Jim and Luella Clegget.
He's likely Russian, given Borsch is a reference to the regional dish borscht.
The song's title, "Death in Venice," is taken from the 1912 novella of the same name by Thomas Mann.
