Editing Rosemary Clooney (section)

==Early life==
[[File:JohnBrettRichesonHouse.jpg|thumb|right|[[John Brett Richeson House]] in Maysville]]
Rosemary Clooney was born in [[Maysville, Kentucky]], the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. She was one of five children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/arts/rosemary-clooney-legendary-pop-singer-dies-at-74.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Rosemary Clooney, Legendary Pop Singer, Dies at 74|author=Severo, Richard|work=The New York Times|date=July 1, 2012|access-date=December 31, 2012}}</ref> Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was of Irish ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was 15, her mother and brother [[Nick Clooney|Nick]] moved to California. Her sister [[Betty Clooney|Betty]] and she remained with their father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vintagemusic.fm/artist/12486/|title=ROSEMARY CLOONEY|website=Vintage Music|language=en-US|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> The family resided in the [[John Brett Richeson House]] in the late 1940s.{{Citation needed |date=June 2024}} 

Rosemary and Betty became entertainers, whereas Nick became a newsman and television broadcaster (some of her children, including [[Miguel Ferrer]] and Rafael Ferrer, and her nephew, [[George Clooney]], also became respected actors and entertainers). In 1945, the Clooney sisters won a spot on [[Cincinnati]]'s radio station [[WLW]] as singers. Rosemary and Betty sang in a duo for much of Rosemary's early career.{{Citation needed |date=June 2024}}