Bandleader Lawrence Welk achieved fame with his bubbly “Champagne music” and beloved variety TV show — but the star’s grandson insisted his goal wasn’t to become a household name. “He didn’t care about fame,” Lawrence “Larry” Welk III told Closer Weekly in the magazine’s latest issue. According to the publication, Welk was the sixth of eight children in North Dakota with big dreams of becoming a musician. BANDLEADER GLENN MILLER'S DOOMED PLANE POSSIBLY UNCOVEREDHe presided over “The Lawrence Welk Show” on ABC from 1955 until 1971. Despite his celebrity neighbors, Larry added Welk “wasn’t famous to me.”“He was just my grandfather with a really cool house,” he shared.

Source: Fox News February 02, 2019 09:56 UTC