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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Beverly Hills, California
  • Originally: Benjamin Kubelsky
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Jack Benny was a tremendously popular American comedic radio personality and screen actor from the 1930s to the 1960s. He hosted "The Jack Benny Program."

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American performer Jack Benny started off as a vaudevillian actor, entertaining troops for comedic releif during World War I. He became one of 20th-century's most popular radio personalities, hosting "The Jack Benny Program." He was known for his uncanny comic timing, hilarious gestures, and use of bad violin playing at just the right moment. He paved the way for the situational comedy genre.

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