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Also Known As Leslie Townes Hope
Born May 29, 1903 • England
Died July 27, 2003 (aged 100) • California
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom • Kennedy Center Honors (1985) • Academy Award (1966) • Academy Award (1953)

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Bob Hope in a 1957 portrait, wearing a light plaid suit, white shirt, and patterned red tie, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
Lucille Ball, wearing an elaborate dress and ornate hat, sits while Bob Hope, dressed as a servant in an apron, stands behind her with a thoughtful expression in a scene from Fancy Pants.
Bob Hope with the USO
Bob Hope, seated on the left in a suit, talks with Paulette Goddard, who is sitting on the floor holding a black cat, in a scene from The Cat and the Canary (1939).
Bob Hope stands at an NBC radio microphone in the 1940s, holding a script and wearing a gray suit with a patterned tie.
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