Biography of bob hope
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Bob Hope
British-born American entertainer (–)
This article is about the actor. For other uses, see Bob Hope (disambiguation).
Bob Hope | |
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Bob Hope in | |
| Born | Leslie Townes Hope ()May 29, Eltham, London, England[1] |
| Died | July 27, () (aged&#;) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Bob Hope Memorial Garden, Mission San Fernando Rey de España, Los Angeles, United States |
| Other&#;names | |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupations | |
| Years&#;active | – |
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| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Jack Hope (brother) |
| Awards | Full list |
| Boxing career | |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Super featherweight ( lb) |
| Height | 5&#;ft 10&#;in (&#;cm) |
| Reach | 72&#;in (&#;cm) |
| Boxing record | |
| Wins | 5 |
| Losses | 1 (see Bob Hope boxing record) |
| No contests | 1 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
Musical artist | |
| Website | |
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Who Was Bob Hope?
Bob Hope was a British-born American entertainer and comic actor known for his jokes and one-liners, as well as his success in the entertainment industry and his decades of overseas tours to entertain American troops. Hope received numerous awards and honors for his work as an entertainer and humanitarian.
Early Life
Born as Leslie Townes Hope in , Hope reigned as the king of American comedy for decades. He started out his life, however, across the Atlantic. Hope spent his first years of life in England, where his father worked as a stonemason. In , Hope came to the United States and his family settled in Cleveland, Ohio. His large family, which included his six brothers, struggled financially in Hope's younger years, so Hope worked a number of jobs, ranging from a soda jerk to a shoe salesman, as a young man to help ease his parents' financial strain.
Hope's mother, an aspiring singer at one time, shared her expertise with Hope. He also took
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On a balmy October morning in , one hundred people were gathered on a dock in Battery Park at the foot of Manhattan Island. They were a well-dressed group—the men in jackets and ties, the women in business suits. Many were quite old and needed help climbing into the boat that had been chartered to ferry them across New York Harbor to Ellis Island. Once there, they made their way to the second floor of the cavernous Immigration Museum building, where rows of chairs had been set up in a long, book-lined room, which was about to be dedicated as the Bob Hope Memorial Library.
Linda Hope, the late comedian’s seventy-one-year-old daughter, stepped to the microphone to emcee the ceremony. She introduced the smattering of celebrities on hand—actress Arlene Dahl, baseball legend Yogi Berra, two US congressmen—and several clip reels highlighting Bob’s life and career: his childhood years in England, where he was born in , and Cleveland, Ohio, where he and his family