Ava astaire mckenzie biography of william
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By Steve Shay
If you ask Tyler McKenzie about his grandfather, he might dance around the topic. That's because his grandfather was Fred Astaire, and he is shy about discussing it.
Ava astaire mckenzie biography of william
But he did, with the West Seattle Herald, and seemed to develop a bounce in his step recalling hanging out with perhaps the greatest dancer in the world.
Full disclosure, they were related through marriage, but Fred and Tyler were as close as any grandfather and grandson, he said.
Tyler's father, Richard, married Fred Astaire's daughter, Ava, (pronounced AH-vah) who raised him.
"My parents divorced when I was very young, and my mother passed away when I was seven, so my brother and I then lived with my father in West Hollywood and that's when he married Ava," said McKenzie, 50, a real estate broker with Windermere, formerly at their Alaska Junction office and now manager at their Green Lake office.
He lives in West Seattle and serves as Delridge Neighborhood Development Association Board Chairman.
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