VETERAN COMEDY WRITER FRED S. FOX DEAD AT 90.Byline: Daily News A memorial service will be held Sunday for veteran comedy writer Fred S. Fox of Encino, who worked for legends like Bob Hope, George Burns Noun 1. George Burns - United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996) Burns, Nathan Birnbaum and Lucille Ball during his 50-year career. Fox died Oct. 23 of pneumonia. He was 90. A native of St. Louis, Mo., and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , Fox began working in 1939 as a writer-producer for radio stations in San Francisco <noinclude> List of radio stations in the San Francisco/Oakland/East Bay market (Arbitron #4): </noinclude><includeonly></includeonly> . He worked for the Office of War Information at the start of World War II, then moved to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in 1943, where he launched his career as a comedy writer. He joined Hope's staff a year later, beginning a business relationship and friendship that spanned decades. In 1946, Bob and Delores Hope even offered Fox and his bride, Mercedes Bigue, the use of their Palm Springs home after the comedian made his writer work during his honeymoon. His television writing credits included ``The Garry Moore
Garry Moore (January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was an American entertainer, game show host and comedian, best known for his work on The Garry Moore Show, I've Show,'' ``The Red Skelton Hour,'' ``The Andy Griffith Not to be confused with Andy Griffiths. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, producer, writer, director and southern gospel singer.[1] He gained prominence in the starring role of A Face in the Crowd Show,'' ``The Jackie Gleason Show,'' and ``Here's Lucy'' and ``The Lucy Show.'' He received a Writer's Guild Award for ``The George Burns Comedy House'' and co-wrote the movie ``Oh God, Part II.'' Survivors include his twin children, Jan Fox and Fred Jr.; a granddaughter, Francesca; and a brother, Henry Fox. A service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Writer's Guild Theater, 135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills. Memorial contributions may be made to donor's charity. |
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