Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1937 as William Henry Cosby, Jr. In the 1950’s, Bill Cosby dropped out of high school to join the Navy. He did attend college on a football scholarship at Temple University years later. He also completed his doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts during the 1970‘s.
In 1965, Bill Cosby married his wife, Camille Hanks. They have celebrated 35 years of marriage, and this year will make 36 years. They had five children: Erika, Erinn, Ens, Evin, and Ennis (who was tragically killed in January of 1997).
Today Bill Cosby is one of the richest entertainers in America. His wealth is estimated at about $325 million. Bill Cosby started perform stand-up comedy routines during the 1960s in night clubs. In 1965-1968, Bill Cosby co-stared with Robert Cult in a adventure series called I Spy. He earned 3 Emmy Awards for his performance in I Spy. His success at that time was a true breakthrough for black people.
Bill Cosby has always provided the world with fresh, clean, family comedy. His comedy albums often received Grammy honors. In the 1980’s, Bill Cosby had the nation’s top-rated TV series, The Cosby Show. The books he has written on the subject
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the humor in just plain everyday life, starting with the book he entitled, Fatherhood, were successful best-sellers.
Bill Cosby has a starred in a long list of funny movies. His recent television series, Cosby, has not been very successful. His movie, Leonard Part 6, was a big disappointment, also. Bill Cosby continues to work hard to entertain us with quality humor. He has more successful shows to his credit than disappointments.
He was born in Baltimore in 1748, but his story begins long before his birth. It started when his father’s family immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1680’s. His father just so happened to move to Maryland, where he met his wife, married her, and settled in Baltimore where William was to be born. William had many hard times and little schooling until he was ten, when his family moved to North Carolina.
After college he worked at his fathers’ company. In 1929, Norris married Elizabeth Bullion. They had a boy, Gary, and a girl, Gretchen. (Stucker, Kathryn Moore)
Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969. He grew up in the infamous Marcy projects in Brooklyn with a sister and a brother. You would think that just growing up on the Marcy projects would be hard enough on a kid, but at the age of twelve, Shawn’s parents got a divorce. Shawn then attended the Brooklyn High school with two of today’s better known rappers, Biggie Smalls and Busta Rhymes.
Sinatra was not just a singer he was also an actor, television and radio personality, and on occasion a producer, direct, and conductor. (Pond, n.d) “Sinatra earned three Oscars, three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award, ten personal Grammy's (and a total of 20 for his albums), an Emmy, a Peabody, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 1983. A generous charitable contributor, he was honored with the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.” (Pond, n.d) Sinatra was named by some as the top entertainer of the twentieth Century. As a person Sinatra was known as a philanthropist he would donate over a billion dollars to charities around the world through his life time. He would also contribute to civil rights for African Americans through his work with Count Basie and appearing in the movie “From Here to Eternity” which denounced rac...
Sinatra’s early years were spent in Hoboken, dreaming of a “better life';. Francis A. Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Being members of the Catholic faith, he was not baptized until April 2, 1916. He faced adversity as soon as he was born, nearly dying of birth complications that left him scarred for three months after he was conceived. As, a result of this, he was often bantered by members of his class and children of his neighborhood, who called ...
Adam Sandler is a huge major icon in America. Although he is most known for his movies, he is much more than an actor. Adam released several comical acts, and even a few songs! Adam never really knew what he was going to do with his life, until Adam’s brother suggested comedy. This biography will show that Adam Sandler gives a lot to the movie and entertainment world.
Although Cosby has had a university education and received many honorary degrees, which few achieve, nonetheless, he is associated more as a successful entertainer than a scholarly educator. Interestingly, Cosby has self-described himself more of a class clown than an academician during schooling. Cosby started his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian doing performances across America during his younger years. Comedians have a notorious talent for stirring up crowds and encouraging clamor from the audience. They compose jokes that anyone can relate to and, thus, reach broad demographics during their performances. The talent has remained with Cosby to present and is manifested within the tone of his speeches as well.
George Carlin is one of the most influential comedians of all time. He was the best to ever perform onstage with a microphone, his wit and intelligence, with the sole purpose to make everyone in the audience and viewers at home laugh. What made Carlin a great? Carlin was a game changer in comedy for the better part of five decades. George Carlin was much more than a comedian, he was one of the most influential comedians of all time. Carlin's influence was felt through his thought provoking view on taboo subjects including religion, government, military, and drugs. Carlin blazed a path through uncharted territory, in doing so he gave license to other comedians to do the same.
William McKinley had a great life from his birth to his death. His nice personality made him a loved politician. William McKinley’s life will always be remembered, and his legacy in the White House won’t be forgotten.
Introduction: Perhaps no one has received this title in history “the king of pop”, now a days many artist’s have arisen and have performed but not as the king of pop known worldwide and in history, has dominated the world of pop as Michael Jackson.
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947. King was born and grew up in Portland, Maine. King's parents are Donald and Nellie Ruth King. He had one brother. King graduated at Lisbon Falls High school in 1966. He attended college at the university of Maine. Stephen finished college with a degree for english in 1970.
Robin Williams was a man who created his American Dream out of comedy and drama. He was an actor and comedian known for his spontaneity performances and films such as Mrs.Doubtfire and Good Will Hunting. He always seemed to warm the hearts of fans and have such a witty personality that stuck with people.
Bob Saget, star from “Fuller House” feels sad because, Bill Cosby, the man who mentored him and influenced him, had his reputation tarnished forever. According to the Huffington Post, Nov. 25, 2015, Bob believes that Bill’s reputation can never be repaired. Over 50 women have come forward to accuse Bill of drugging them and then taking sexual advantage of them.
Robin Williams was an outstanding person in the time he was alive, he attended Juilliard and donated to many charities. he was well known for his comedy and all of the movies he played and started in. his most famous performance was a show called Mork and Mindy were robin played as an alien living with a woman. robin was known for funny and or dramatic roles in his lifetime. He started as a standup comic with the ability to be vary funny and was able to reach everyone with his choices of words.
Michael Jackson is one of my favorite singers. He is very famous, so most of all people in the world know him, at least his name. I began to listen to his songs because I was recommended them by my friend, and I was really attracted by them. I have two reasons why I like him.