Biografie

Served in the US Navy during the Viet Nam War.

At some point of his mid-life, George Wentzlaff began taking feral cats into his home. He had them all spayed and neutered, and he knew the name of every one of them; his twenty five cat menagerie were the love of his life. Wentzlaff, 69, was found dead on June 13, 2015, in his modest home in Camp Meeker, a small town near Santa Rosa, California, by his friend Kevin Braafladt, who went to check on Wentzlaff when he didn't show up for his regular stint as a volunteer at a military museum. Braafladt found George in his bed. The death was ruled to be from a sudden cardiac arrhythmia. The local animal rescue agency found new homes for his pet cats. His best known film appearance was in the classic 1953 (at age 7) musical comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," starring Monroe and Russell. Wentzlaff, who lived alone, told Braafladt, who owned the combination military museum and antique store where the former child star would hang out, that he enjoyed working with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell -- there are behind-the-scenes photos of him perched on Monroe's lap. But he was especially fond of Russell, who kept him entertained on long shooting days. "When he would get bored, she would play with him," Braafladt said. "He was just a kid".

Became a successful photographer as an adult.

His voice became more normal as he grew up, losing its bass qualities.

Retired from the US Postal Service a few years before his death.