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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Ed McMahon, Elliot's and Lowell, Massachusetts

37 Elliott Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
My first visit was in August, 2013. The business began in 1920.
 
"Perhaps Elliot's most famous customer, McMahon, the former Lowell resident and Tonight Show sidekick who died last month, stopped in for a dog or two whenever he came back to Lowell." Lowell Sun, 07/28/2009


Ed McMahon getting ready to eat a Elliott's hot dog on his special bench in Lowell, MA
(I hope to take a better photo, when there isn't as much glare.)

Article from Ancestry.com
 
"Ed McMahon the first Lowellian to become a millionaire via TV." The Lowell Sun, October 11, 1972, p. 12.

Burial information found on FindAGrave.
Obituary from the New York Times.

From the 1940 Census. The family lived at 50 20 Street, Lowell.