From the March 30, 2023, WISN 12 ABC Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Waukesha, Wisconsin.
The World War II veteran known to many as "Dancing Chuck" Franzke has died. He turned 100 years old two days before Christmas 2022. He had begun dancing in his younger days, "When jitterbugging was the big thing, I was jitterbugging."
With his wife of 77 years, Bev, by his side, he just kept on dancing until earlier last year when a fall made him put up his dancing shoes.
He became a world-wide sensation in April 2020 when his dance on his front porch to Justin Timberlake's song "Can't Stop the Feeling" generated hope and optimism during the lockdowns.
Before his birthday last year, word got out that he was turning 100. People sent him birthday cards from around the country. Some schools even sent him videos of the students singing "Happy Birthday" to him.
"I'm the most fortunate old man in the whole world," Franzke said.
--GreGen
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