Talk:Benjamin Orr

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Although Benjamin Orr was born in Lakewood, OH, I have heard he attended high school at Valley Forge High School in Parma Heights, OH, and this is the school from which he dropped out. Anyone know any facts about this?

//////////////// added by delizade sadly I have heard that he died in 2000....i grow up with these songs.....thankyou Orr for your beauteful songs and your sweet sing skill that can elevate our souls with it's soft power. [Burak Özdelice(delizade.com) from Turkiye/Istanbul]

[edit] Czech, Russian?

Orzechowski is an anbsolutely Polish surname, not Russian or Czech. "Ski" is a typical Polish surnames ending. Ask other Polish Wikipedians. Maybe Orr have Polish desant who was living in Russia, that is possible. Many of Poles was living in the Russian Empire. See History of Poland. Kowalmistrz 18:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the statement above, Orzechowski is Only a Polish name (look on the Ellis Island website for confirmation). There were Orzechowski(s) from Russian partitioned Poland who were ethnic Poles. Jews, who lived in the former Polish Commonwealth, adopted this surname. Was Ben Orr Jewish? If not, with the Orzechowski name and being born in an area with a large Polish ethnic population, he most definetly has some Polish blood. The name Ben is popular amongst the English, Jewish, and Polish ethnic groups in North America. With the Poles Benjamin is a good substitute for Bronislaw. Was Orzechowski's Dad Roman Catholic? If so that would rule out Russian ancestry. Ski is a Polish ending. Until you have confirmation of his Russian ancestory, please remove him from the Russian-American category. Just because Poles were forcibly ruled by Russia for 123 years, they did not consider themselves to be Russian.

Id get a hold of the young lasy who is currently writing the Biography on Mr Orr's musical legacy, you can find her on dedication website pages at both Yahoo groups and myspace she has a pretty extensive knowledge of Mr Orr and his musical legacy and can help you with the geneology stuff in regard to his family. That OO know he went to school in Parma Heighs at Valley forge. She woul have his photos from High School. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.99.82 (talk) 03:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Link problem with External Links

The first link on the list of "External Links" is broken as of 2007 July 22 Crenra 02:49, 24 July 2007 (UTC)