Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim
a character in the story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. He is a disabled little boy, the son of Bob Cratchit who works for Scrooge. Tiny Tim speaks the famous last words at the happy ending of the story: ‘God bless Us, Every One.’

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      (HERBERT KHAURY), U.S. ukelele-strumming, straggly-haired singer whose reputation rested largely on his 1968 falsetto rendition of "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me"; his 1969 televised wedding to a 17-year-old fan, "Miss Vicki" Budinger, attracted some 40 million household viewers to "The Tonight Show," one of the program's largest audiences ever (b. April 12, 1930?—d. Nov. 30, 1996).

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