This excerpt was written by Richard Zoglin and originally published in the introduction to his biography, Hope. Memorials to Hope have proliferated across the American landscape. You can walk down ...

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His career started in the glory days of vaudeville More than 70 years later he is revered as the most popular and influential entertainer of the century the showbiz giant all others are measured ...

May 29, 1903 — Leslie Towns Hope is born in Eltham, England, the fifth of seven sons, to William Henry Hope and Avis Towns Hope. 1908 — The Hope family emigrates to the United States, settling in ...