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Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby. By: Dylan Cejas. Childhood. Born at 3:00 am on July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He was born at Germantown Hospital. His parents were high schools sweethearts. He was the first of four sons. His brothers were James, Russell, and Robert. . Family Life.

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Bill Cosby

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  1. Bill Cosby By: Dylan Cejas

  2. Childhood • Born at 3:00 am on July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. • He was born at Germantown Hospital. • His parents were high schools sweethearts. • He was the first of four sons. • His brothers were James, Russell, and Robert.

  3. Family Life • Bill Cosby’s family was part of the lower middle class. • His parents had very little money, his father was a welder but because jobs were slow, he made very little money. • Bill’s younger brother James died in 1945 from a rheumatic fever. • His dad finally joined the U.S. Navy while his mother worked cleaning houses.

  4. Education • Bill dropped out of high school to go into the Navy. • After his tour of duty, he earned his equivalency diploma through a correspondence course, and his quick legs got him into Temple University on a track-and-field scholarship when he was 23. • He later dropped out to pursue show business. His early stand-up started with nightclub routines about "Fat Albert" and "Old Weird Harold".

  5. Accomplishments • 33 awards in comedian, actor, and producer • The Bill Cosby Show • His comedy records earned him eight Grammy awards. • He appeared in numerous commercials and on children's shows such as Sesame Street and Electric Company

  6. Awards • 1969: Received his third Man of the Year award from Harvard University's performance group the Hasty Pudding Theatricals • 1991: Induction into the Television Hall of Fame • 1998: Received the Kennedy Center Honor • 2002: The Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to television • 2003: The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award • 2005: In a British poll to find the Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among the top-50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders • 2009: Presented with the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor • 2011: Made an honorary Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy

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