
Bob Hope was a famous comedian and
an English-born American. He has also an actor, vaudevillian, dancer, singer,
athlete, and author.
He appeared in movies, on Broadway, on radio and on
television. He’s also a Palm Springs legend.
Bob Hope had a very long and active career and
didn’t stop working during that time. He had many appearances on television
and on stage. He published fourteen books, too.
Bob Hope is famous for the many
USO shows that he did. These were shows that entertained American military
personnel. He made appearances over fifty years between 1941-1991. In total he
made fifty-seven tours for the USO.
During his long career, he was
honored for his work many times. His career lasted sixty years and he appeared
in many shorts and full-length films. With his friend and fellow legend Bing
Crosby, he appeared in a series of seven “On
the Road” movies.
Bob Hope hosted the Academy
Awards fourteen times.
Bob Hope was an athlete and enjoyed
football as well as baseball. He was a boxer, and played golf too.
Golf was by
far his favorite sport and in Palm Springs he brought the Bob Hope Classic here.
This tournament is now called the Humana Challenge and continues to this day.
His home in Palm Springs is a tourist
attraction and it’s easy to find as it’s a big house on a hill.
The street named after him Bob Hope Drive
crosses Dinah Shore, Ginger Rogers, Gerald Ford, and Frank Sinatra, drives.
Bob Hope was married to Delores Hope
for sixty-nine years and on July 27th, 2003 he died at the age of
one hundred years old.
The Palm Springs Guru will remember and honor, world famous Palm Springs legend, Bob Hope in his upcoming book titled: I Love Palm Springs!
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