bill cosby is an american stand-up comedian producer actor screenwriter author and musician
he began his career as a stand-up comic at the hungry eye nightclub in san francisco during
the 1960s bill cosby made history when he won the prime time enemy award for outstanding lead actor
in a drama series in 1966 making him the first african american to earn an emmy award for acting
he's best known for starring in the sitcom the bill cosby show which ran for two
seasons from 1969 to 1971. bill cosby has an estimated net worth of 400 million us dollars
about bill cosby's early life william henry cosby jr was born on july 12 1937 in philadelphia
pennsylvania he is one of four sons of anna pearl a maid who was born in 1913 and died in 1991
and william henry cosby senior who was born in 1913 and died in 1975. henry cosby's senior served
as a mess steward in the u.s navy bill cosby was the class president as well as captain of both
the baseball and track and field teams at mary channing worcester public school in philadelphia
teachers noted his propensity for joking around in study of studying and he discovered himself as
the class clown at fitzsimmons junior high school bill cosby acted in plays and continued to compete
in sports he attended philadelphia central high school a magnet school and academically
rigorous college prep school where he ran track and played baseball football and basketball
he later transferred to germantown high school but failed the 10th grade
in 1956 bill cosby enlisted in the navy and served as a hospital corpsman at the marine corps base
quantico in virginia at naval station argentina in newfoundland canada and at the national
naval medical center in maryland he worked in physical therapy with navy and marine corps
personnel who were injured during the korean war he served until 1960 and became a petty officer
third class bill cosby earned his high school equivalency diploma through correspondence courses
and was awarded a track and field scholarship to temple university in 1961. at temple he
studied physical education while he ran track and played fullback on the college's football team he
began bartending at a philadelphia club where he earned bigger tips by making the customers laugh
he then began performing on stage and left his university studies to pursue a career in comedy
bill cosby is six feet tall or 1.85 meters tall about bill cosby's personal life bill
cosby married camille hanks on january 25th 1964. together they had five children erica
renee who was born in 1965 aaron chalene who was born in 1966 ennis cosby who was born in 1969 and
died in 1997 enza cosby who was born in 1973 and died in 2018 and evan harra who was born in 1976
their only son ennis cosby was murdered on january 16 1997 while changing a flat tire
on the side of interstate 405 in los angeles bill cosby's daughter enzo cosby died of renal disease
on february 23 2018 while awaiting a kidney transplant the cosby's have three grandchildren
bill cosby is a protestant in 2016 bill cosby's attorneys reported that he is now legally blind
in april 2017 bill cosby agreed to be interviewed by the national newspaper publishers association
because as andrew wyatt his spokesman stated they grew comfortable that the nnpa newswire would
be more interested in facts over sensationalism in the interview both bill cosby and one of his
former publicists confirmed the loss of eyesight noting that it occurred at some point in 2015.
bill cosby and his wife have collected more than 300 works of african american art since 1967. the
works went on display in conversations an exhibit at the national museum of african art in 2014.
the show was controversial because of the sexual assault allegations made against bill cosby bill
cosby hosted the los angeles playboy jazz festival from 1979-2012 known as a jazz drummer he can also
be seen playing bass guitar with jerry lewis and sammy davis jr on hugh hefner's 1970s talk show
his story the regular way was featured in playboy's december 1968 issue bill cosby has
become an active member of the jazz foundation of america cosby became involved with foundation in
2004 for several years he's been a featured host for its annual benefit in 2014 cosby became the
subject of numerous sexual assault allegations which became highly publicized during the metoo
movement in 2018 cosby was convicted of aggravated indecent assault against andrea constand he was
imprisoned until the conviction was vacated in june of 2021 by the supreme court of pennsylvania
for violations of cosby's fifth amendment and 14th amendment due process rights in november 2021
the prosecution petitioned the u.s supreme court asking it to reverse this decision but on march 7
the supreme court declined to do so about bill cosby's career bill cosby began his career as a
stand-up comic at the hungry eye nightclub in san francisco during the 1960s throughout the decade
he released several stand-up comedy records which consecutively earned him the grammy award for
best comedy album from 1965 to 1970. he also had a starring role in television crime show i spy from
1965 to 1968 opposite robert culp bill cosby made history when he won the primetime emmy award for
outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 1966 making him the first african american to earn an
emmy award for acting his acting career continued as he starred in the sitcom the bill cosby show
which ran for two seasons from 1969 to 1971. in 1972 using the fat albert character developed
during his stand-up routines bill cosby created produced and hosted the animated comedy television
series fat albert and the cosby kids which ran until 1985. throughout the 1970s cosby starred
in various films including sidney poitier's uptown saturday night in 1974 and let's do it again in
1975 and neil simon's california suite in 1978 alongside richard pryor he also starred in the
original cast of the electric company alongside rita moreno and morgan freeman from 1971 to 1973.
in 1976 he earned his doctor of education from the university of massachusetts amherst
returning to the school after completing his master of arts there in 1972 his dissertation
discussed the use of fat albert and the cosby kids as a teaching tool in elementary schools
beginning in the 1980s bill cosby produced and starred in the television sitcom the cosby show
which aired from 1984 to 1992 and was rated as the number one show in america from 1985 through 1989
the sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an affluent african-american family
during this time bill cosby gained a reputation as america's dad for his portrayal of cliff
huxtable cosby produced the spin-off sitcom a different world which aired from 1987 to 1993
he also starred in the cosby mysteries from 1994 to 1995. the sitcom cosby from 1996 to 2000
and hosted kids say the darndest things from 1998 to 2000. he then created and produced the
animated children's program little bill from 2000-2004 about bill cosby's real estate bill
cosby and his wife camille own a three acre property in cheltenham pennsylvania the couple
paid 230 000 for the property back in 1983. according to property records the 5 835 square
foot stone colonial home dates to 1800 the home includes five bedrooms four bathrooms and a half
bath it also features three fireplaces and has been updated with modern comforts like central air
bill cosby and his wife camille owned a 21-acre property in shelburne falls massachusetts
a swimming pool and a tennis court are part of the 21-acre property that cosby bought
in 1971. it's reported that bill cosby's real estate portfolio is worth over 100 million dollars
he has large properties in pennsylvania and los angeles his estate in los angeles alone could
be worth as much as 50 million or more based on comparable recent sales about bill cosby's planes
bill cosby owns two planes which he keeps at the westfield barnes municipal airport
a 12-seater pilates pc-12 with the name billy on the tail and a 16-seat gulfstream 4 named camille
about bill cosby's car collection bill cosby is a huge admirer of classic cars and has some of
the classiest cars in his garage he owns or has owned a 1970 bmw 2000 ti compact executive car
a mercedes-benz 300sl roadster convertible a legendary ferrari 288 gto supercar
and a shelby cobra super snake csx 3303 which was a limited edition pr car specifically made for him
however he only drove it once before returning it to shelby american well thanks for watching
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