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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
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| Nickname: | Rochester |
| Known for: | Gone with the Wind, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Cabin in the Sky |
| Birth name: | Edward Anderson |
| Birthday: | 18 September 1905, Oakland, California, USA |
Trivia
Was associated with Jack Benny from 1937 until 1964
Interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA, Section A, Lot #2504.
Son of minstrel performer Big Ed Anderson and circus performer, Ella May Anderson. Appeared with his brother, Cornelius, in a Vaudeville song and dance act.
Overstrained his vocal cords as a 12-year-old newsboy hawking papers in his home town, which explains his inimitable rasp.
His adopted son, Billy, once played professional football with the Chicago Bears, and was a world class hurdler. He held the world Junior College high hurdle record and just missed making the 1948 & 1952 U.S. Olympic teams.
Eddie Anderson was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2001.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith; pg. 20. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
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