Viva Lee Sahm

Doug’s mother — that’s pronounced “Veye-vuh” — was very supportive of her son’s musical career from early on. The matriarch of the family died in 1975; father Victor Sahm died at the height of Doug’s Top 40 career in 1965.

This article appears in March 17 • 2000.

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