Bob Gave Us HOPE

THE LEGENDARY ENTERTAINER’S DAUGHTER AND FRIENDS SHARE HOW HE LIT UP THE STAGE — AND THEIR LIVES

By RON KELLY

“[A laugh] can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.” —Bob Growing up one of Bob Hope’s four children, Linda Hope often felt like she had a fourth sibling. “My mom spent half her life trying to keep all of us, including Dad, in line,” Linda tells Closer. “At dinners, she’d be trying to teach us proper table manners and deportment, and a napkin would come zinging across the table, launched from my dad’s chair, much to my mother’s consternation. He was basically a kid.” One of seven boys, Bob won attention during his youth with humor. “He had to fight for everything,” Richard Zoglin, author of Hope: Entertainer of the Century, tells Closer. “Learning to tell jokes was his way of standing out.” What started off as an act…

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Closer Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2/6/2017

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