William Henry Cosby, jr'

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William Henry Cosby, jr.

• By Eddie

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Childhood Events and Challenges

• When Bill was still a young man, his brother
  James died from too many illnesses
• Bills father lost his job and joined the Navy.
  He dedicated his time in the Navy to his son
  James
• His mother didnt have a job so they were on
  welfare at one point
• Teachers didnt get along with Bill and his jokes
  often got him into trouble

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General info

• -Born in July 12,1937 in North Philadelphia,
  Pennsylvania
• -Lived in a apartment
• -Had two brothers, Russell Cosby and James Cosby
• -He is a comedian
• -His parents are together
• -His father is in the army
• -He has a PHD in education

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Question to answer.

• Why do you admire this person? I admire him
  because he had challenges and he fought them and
  look at where he is now.
• How did Bills actions have a lasting impact?
  Well, Jerry Seinfeld and many other comedians got
  their ideas from Mr.Cosby.
• Why is this person famous? Hes famous because he
  was the biggest comedian of all time and had some
  big time TV shows

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Accomplishment

• In 1984,a show called The Cosby Show started.
  It about a normal family living in the city.
• 4-30-08 democrat chronicle interviews Bill and
  his new cd and he was trying to say that rap
  doesnt have to have swearing and hate
• He also made a book called Come On People On
  the Path from Victims to Victors
• In high school, he was the captain in baseball
  and track. He was also class President, which
  meant that he was doing better in school
• Then he made a cartoon called Fat Elbert that
  eventually turned into a movie?
• Then came along the jello pudding commercial,
  which was the bomb. Yummy
• Has cartoon called little Bill

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Interesting facts

• I thought it was interesting that he didnt like
  hip hop, rap, RB.
• And it was weird that hes a comedian and hates
  to curse cause some comedians curse in some of
  there jokes.