Jack Benny: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Jack Benny. Oct 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 10, 2026
Corrected death date from “December 27” to “December 26.” Jan 05, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 23, 2025
Add new Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - Jack Benny. Oct 31, 2025
Add new Web site: The University of Arizona - The American Vaudeville Museum - Jack Benny: Forever 39 by Natasha Rapp. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Becoming Benny:the Evolution of Jack Benny's Character Comedy from Vaudeville to Radio, to appear in Studies in American Humor (Fall 2015) (PDF). May 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - How Jack Benny and Harry Conn Stumbled onto the Formula for Situation Comedy. Nov 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - �The Jack Benny Program� (March 28, 1948). Dec 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Television Academy - Jack Benny: Hall of Fame Tribute. May 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Jack Benny. Jul 26, 2022
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Jack Benny. May 17, 2019
Corrected display issue. Dec 27, 2018
Add new Web site: Radio Hall of Fame - Biography of Jack Benny. Mar 17, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Jack Benny. Oct 30, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Jack Benny. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Jack Benny. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Jack Benny. Aug 19, 2013
Media added. Dec 21, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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