Bill Cosby
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The son of William Cosby Sr. and Anna Cosby was born in Germantown, Philadelphia July of 1937 as Bills Cosby. Growing up in the projects inspired his comedy. Bill Cosby dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Navy in 1956. However he earned a high school diploma in the service and received a scholarship to Temple University in Philadelphia majoring in physical education. During his college career Bill Cosby was a bartender. While working he watched Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner then decided to try being a comedian.
Bill Cosby appeared in coffeehouses and received a great review from the New York Times. Roy Silver became his manager. In 1962, Bill Cosby dropped out of college. He made Camille Hanks Mrs. Cosby in 1964 and they parented Erika, Erinn, Ennis, Ensa and Evin. The Jonny Carson Tonight Show featured Bill Cosby in 1965. Cosby earned eight Grammy awards. The talented Bill Cosby appeared in I Spy in 1965. This man became the first black actor to land a continuing role in a network series. Winning three Emmy awards. The Apollo Theater in Harlem had him for a week long. Bill Cosby starred in Cos (1976), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1973), The Electric Company, Captain Kangaroo, Pinwheel, Hickey and Boggs (1972), Mother Jugs and Speed (1976), California Suite (1978), The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), The Cosby Show in 1984, Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Ghost Dad (1990) and Meteor Man (1993).
Winning NAACP Image awards some of us still wonder was the black family and community correctly represented. His career was during the Reagan era. Bill Cosby earned his bachelor's degree in Sociology from Temple University and a master's and doctorate in Education from the University of Massachusetts. During the 1980's Bill Cosby became a spokesperson for General Foods and Kodak. The humanitarian in him made a donation to Spellman College of twenty million dollars, 1.3 million dollars divided among Fisk University, Florida A&M, Howard university and Shaw University. Central State University received $325,000 from Bill Cosby as well.
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