SADLY, ONE OF MY GREAT HEROES- BOB HOPE- DIED ON THIS DAY- JULY 27, 2003, AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF 100. BOB WON A CHARLIE CHAPLIN LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST IN 1915 AT THE AGE OF 12. IN AN ACT IN VAUDEVILLE IN 1926, BOB HAD A PARTNER NAMED GEORGE BYRNE (NO RELATION). IN THE ACT. BOB AND GEORGE DANCED IN BLACKFACE DRESSED AS TWO SIAMESE TWINS. BOBS FAVORITE FOODS INCLUDED HIS MOMS HOMEMADE LEMON PIE, ROAST BEEF, STEWED PRUNES, ICE CREAM, PINEAPPLE SUNDAES AND IN N OUT BURGERS. IN 1997, BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO PASS A RESOLUTION MAKING BOB AMERICAS FIRST HONORARY VETERAN.
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