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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