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2 unusual facts about Bissonette


Bissonette

Matt Bissonette (1961-) is an American bass player and the brother of drummer Gregg Bissonette.

Del Bissonette (1899–1972) was an American first baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball.


Del Bissonette

By 1947, Bissonette was back in the minor leagues as a manager with the Portland Pilots.

The following season, Bissonette joined the Brooklyn Robins — the once and future Dodgers — of the National League and continued his lusty hitting, batting .320 with 25 home runs in 155 games.

Epworth League

In the 1934 W. C. Fields movie It's a Gift, when Amelia Bissonette tells her husband Harold that his Uncle Bean has died, she says, "It seemed he was getting better, but he attended the Epworth League picnic, and he choked to death eating an orange."

Matt Bissonette

Bissonette has played bass in numerous popular rock bands, alongside legends such as David Lee Roth (1987–92, recording the US platinum A Little Ain't Enough album), Ringo Starr (2003–05), and currently, Elton John (2012–present).


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