Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 1, 2023
Uh-one and uh-two and a lawsuit
The late bandleader Lawrence Welk’s son fights his own son over the music company.
Jo Ann Castle rehearsed for the taping of a Lawrence Welk special in Branson, Mo., in Sept. 2, 2004, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Welk's original show. (New York Times News Service)
The son of the late television bandleader Lawrence Welk sued his own son and other relatives for allegedly ousting him as CEO from the company Welk founded and using the corporation’s assets “to line their own pockets.”
The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, belies the wholesome, family-friendly image that Lawrence Welk and his musicians broadcast into millions of living rooms in the U.S. for 40 years. It accuses Welk’s...
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