Talk:Bob Hope

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Contents

1 100th Wishes 2 Poor Health as 100th Nears 3 Notes on Death 4 POV text 5 Sir Bob Hope? 6 Spirit of Bob Hope

100th Wishes

Let's all hope that Hope lives to celebrate his 100th birthday. Only 37 more days to go! Anyway, did anyone catch the special on NBC about Bob's 80+ year career in the entertainment field? Longevitymonger April 22, 2003

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Poor Health as 100th Nears

Hope is still mentally fine but has poor eyesight and poor hearing from what i have read

PMelvilleAustin 09:42 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

Well, only 19 days to go until his 100th birthday! Longevitymonger

Ladies and Gentleman, its official now, Bob is a centenarian!!!!!!!!! Longevitymonger

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Notes on Death

Sadly, Bob Hope, quite possibly the world's most famous entertainer, is dead at the age of 100. During his 100 years and 60 days of life, Hope did almost anything imaginable, starring in movies, television specials, award ceremonies and entertaining troops overseas. He even found time to write nearly a dozen books and play (according to one source) over 2000 games of golf. Hope will be remembered for his quick one-liners and irrepressible sense of fun. Most of all, his trips overseas during WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, as well as Desert Storm have given our soldiers a look at what their fighting for: the American way of life. Bob Hope will be eulogized as an American Institution, and fittingly, he was awarded over 1000 awards for his character, humor and compassion for other people. Thanks for the memories Bob! Longevitymonger

An interesting sidelight: his New York Times obituary carried an interesting by-line: Vincent Canby, who died three years before Hope. -- Someone else 04:29, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)

It is not unusual for the Times to collect tidbits and anecdotes about a person while he is alive for the purposes of preparing an obituary. They have a big database containing information about celebrities so that when they finally pass away (it has to happen eventually), they can print the article.

It's not unusual for most organizations to prepare obituaries for the famous. It is unusual that when they are published, the only byline goes to a dead person. -- Someone else 18:47, 6 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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POV text

I removed the below paragraph from the article:

Hope's humour rarely took any risks and while he is famed for his performances for the US military, very few of the young men ever found him very funny. One exception to this took place in Korea. Hope came on stage before a hillside audience of about 15,000 GIs and opened with a question about Korea's famous odor: "What is that SMELL??" he asked. All 15,000 voices shouted out the answer: "SHIIITTT!" Hope paused and then said: "I know...but what do they DO to it?!.....That audience found him very funny.

The paragraph is very POV and is totally unsupported by the research I've done. I've found universally that his visits were always very appreciated and always lifted the GI's spirits. While the annecdote above may be true (don't know, I haven't encountered it before) it is not typical of Hope's humor. —Frecklefoot 13:30, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Sir Bob Hope?

Can Bob Hope use 'Sir' in front of his name instead of KBE after it? Although an American citizen, he was born in England.

Spirit of Bob Hope

I took a picture of this aircraft. Is there a way we can use it in this article? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:53, 17 May 2005 (UTC)