<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Fern Veronica Renner (m . 1931 - His death) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903--May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982 . His style came to be known to his large audience of radio, television, and live - performance fans (and critics) as "champagne music". </P> <P> Welk was born in the German - speaking community of Strasburg, North Dakota . He was sixth of the eight children of Ludwig and Christiana (née Schwahn) Welk, Roman Catholic ethnic Germans who immigrated in 1892 from Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). </P>

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