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By BRIAN GALLAGHER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 16:26 EDT, 24 June 2025 | UPDATED: 18:35 EDT, 24 June 2025 

Engelbert Humperdinck made a rare public appearance with his daughter Louise Dorsey on Monday.

The 89-year-old singer, who has recently been embroiled in a feud with another crooner, Tom Jones, was spotted at a Los Angeles screening of My Mom Jayne, a documentary about Jayne Mansfield made by her daughter Mariska Hargitay.

Humperdinck has a historic association with Mansfield - after her tragic death, he was one of the celebrity owners of her iconic Sunset Blvd mansion the 'Pink Palace.' 

He was joined on the red carpet with his daughter Louise Dorsey before watching the new documentary from actress-turned-filmmaker Mariska.

The legendary singer stepped out in a classic black suit with a white dress shirt, a black and white striped tie, black belt, black pants and black shoes.

He was joined by his daughter Louise, who wore a unique black shirt with a white stripe and shoulder cutouts.

He was joined on the red carpet with his daughter Louise Dorsey before watching the new documentary from actress-turned-filmmaker Mariska.

The legendary singer stepped out in a classic black suit with a white dress shirt, a black and white striped tie, black belt, black pants and black shoes.

He was joined by his daughter Louise, who wore a unique black shirt with a white stripe and shoulder cutouts.

Born Gerry Dorsey, the singer adopted the stage name Engelbert Humperdinck in the 1960s at the urging of his manager Gordon Mills.

Mills, who had already gotten his other client Tom Woodward to become Tom Jones, persuaded the young Dorsey that a similar move would help his still sluggish career get off the ground.

Armed with his exciting, exotic new name - which was swiped from the German composer of the 19th century opera Hansel and Gretel - the freshly minted Engelbert Humperdinck exploded in popularity with hits like Release Me and The Last Waltz.

The 'Pink Palace' was a legendary home on Los Angeles' Sunset Blvd that was originally built in the 1930s for the celebrated singer Rudy Vallee.

Jayne Mansfield bought the sprawling eight-bedroom mansion for $76,000 in 1957 and lived there with her second husband Mickey Hargitay, whom she was married to when she welcomed Mariska into the world.

She was the one who had the house done entirely in pink, down to the color of the champagne that flowed of her fountain and even the shag carpet covering the walls, ceiling and floor of her bathroom.

After Mansfield tragically in a car accident in 1967 at the age of 34, the home passed from celebrity to celebrity, including 'Mama Cass' Elliot and Ringo Starr.

Its final famous owner was Humperdinck, who purchased the property in 1976 and painted it white, only to then feel it had 'lost its character' and go back to pink.

'I lived there for 28 years, Jayne for just eight, but it was always her home,' he recalled to DailyMail.com years ago. 

'Sonny and Cher lived next door and Esther Williams lived opposite. I had dinner with Jayne Mansfield two weeks before she was killed and she invited me to stay with her.'

By the early 1990s, he was attempting to offload the sprawling Mediterranean-style mansion, which he ultimately sold in 2002 to developers who had it razed.

The crooner made headlines in November with an exclusive interview with Daily Mail where he opened up about his decades-long feud with Tom Jones, who he called, 'a pr**k.'

‘Whatever he thinks is fine with me, but I would never repeat those words to him,’ said Engelbert, famed for tunes like The Last Waltz and Release Me.

‘I was brought up to believe that civility costs nothing – my father taught me that – and if you’re not going to say anything good about somebody, don’t say anything at all.

‘I have never done that and I never will,' he added.

Reminded that he has previously been reported as saying Tom, 84, had ‘lost his voice’, Engelbert responded: ‘I never made that criticism, no sir.

‘I have always said the man is a great talent with a great voice and that is why he is still around today.

‘I’ve never said anything derogatory about that man, never.'

The two men are forever linked thanks to their parallel careers. Both were managed by Gordon Mills who suggested they change their names to find fame.

Gerry Dorsey chose the moniker of an obscure German composer while Thomas Woodward picked the far simpler name from a Henry Fielding novel.

Tom had the greater success with smash hits like It’s Not Unusual and What’s New Pussycat?, but Engelbert wasn’t far behind on both sides of the Atlantic with songs like Les Bicyclettes de Belsize and Am I That Easy to Forget?

Both were sex symbols with long-standing marriages, Tom married Linda Trenchard aged 16 when she became pregnant, and Engelbert tied the knot with Patricia Healey in 1964.

Sadly, both are now single again. Linda died of cancer in 2016 while Patricia died the following year after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

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