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Quick Facts
- NAME: Bob Hope
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor, Television Personality
- BIRTH DATE: May 29, 1903
- DEATH DATE: July 27, 2003
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Eltham, United Kingdom
- PLACE OF DEATH: Toluca Lake, California
- Originally: Leslie Townes Hope
- Full Name: Bob Hope
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Bob Hope was a entertainer and comic actor, known for his rapid-fire delivery of jokes and for his success in virtually all entertainment media.
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Bob Hope - Entertaining the Troops
Watch a short video about Bob Hope and his thoughts on entertaining American soldiers during World War II.
Bob Hope - Visiting the Troops
Watch a short video about Bob Hope and his first times visiting American soldiers during World War II.
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Bob Hope, http://www.biography.com/people/bob-hope-9343481 (last visited May 18, 2013).
Bob Hope. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/bob-hope-9343481. Accessed May 18, 2013.
Hope quietly celebrated his 100th birthday in May of 2003, at his Taluca Lake home. There, he died of pneumonia on July 27, 2003.
President George W. Bush hailed Hope as "a great citizen" who "served our nation when he went to battlefields to entertain thousands of troops from different generations." Jay Leno also praised Hope's remarkable gifts: "impeccable comic timing,
an encyclopedic memory of jokes and an effortless ability with quips."
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