Ross Bagdasarian

American pianist, singer, songwriter, actor and record producer, born January 27, 1919 in Fresno, California, USA, died June 16, 1972 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. Father of [a=Ross Bagdasarian Jr.], the progenitor of [a500717] taking the "New Chipmunks" to a new group of children in the 1980s. First cousin of noted novelist [a=William Saroyan].