Anecdotes

Following actress Dana Plato's first arrest for armed robbery on February 28, 1991, he posted the $13,000 bail.

Was discovered by Jackie Gleason.

Declared bankruptcy in 1992, yet was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's highest-paid entertainer.

Because he had a high-pitched voice, many joked (wrongly) that he was effeminate or even gay. Newton once threatened Johnny Carson over jokes Carson told attacking his manhood. Carson stopped telling the jokes.

His role as Professor Joe Butcher in Permis de tuer (1989) was the fulfillment of an old ambition: to participate in a James Bond - 007 movie.

Singer Tony Orlando sued him for locking him out of the Branson, Missouri nightclub that the two co-owned [April 28, 1999].

Met the immortal Elvis Presley while the two were working at Paramount Pictures. They became close friends.

Presented a prestigious award at the July 2006 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress in Washington, D.C. for his work with the USO.

As a direct descendant of Chief Powhatan, he intended to repatriate the coffin of Matoaka (Pocahontas) to Virginia from Gravesend, England's Saint George Church in 1990. Ten years later, he sent Doctor Henry Lee for this mission. Unfortunately, the exact location of Matoaka's final resting place has been lost since 1727 when a fire destroyed the original Anglican church.

Has been diagnosed with a viral infection to the heart known as cardiomyopathy. Doctors told him that he should be recovered in two months' time [November 15, 2007].

Daughter Lauren Ashley was born on April 29, 2002.

The street leading to the front of Las Vegas' McCarran Airport has been called "Wayne Newton Boulevard" for over 20 years.

Has an estate called "Casa de Shenandoah" on the southeast side of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Newton and attorney wife Kathleen announced in April 2002 they are expecting a girl in May, and that they are using a surrogate mother to have this, their first child.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6909 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 21, 1976.

His signature song is "Danke Schoen" (German for "Thank You Very Much").

Has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German as well as Native American (specifically Powhatan and Cherokee) ancestry.

Performed to a sold-out crowd six nights a week at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. (septembre 2001)

Had a #1 hit song on the American pop charts called "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast".

His first daughter's name (with his first wife, Elaine) is Erin and his other daughter's name (with his second wife, Kathleen) is Lauren Ashley. His wife, Kathleen, is an attorney. They met following one of his performances.

Was originally discovered by Julius (Bookie) Levin who managed a talent agency and started the lounge show business in Las Vegas, Nevada.