Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1937. He was the oldest of four
boys. He had three brothers, and their names were: James, Russell, and Robert. His father ran away near
Christmas time when he was very young and he had to get a job to help support the family. In school he
was the class clown and was sent to a special school for rowdy boys. In his new school his teacher was
Mary Forchic. She saw that he was a great comedian and she put that into her lessons to make them more
understandable for Bill. She made the lessons fun for him and made it easier to learn. He said that she
made him what he is today.
After a couple years he went back to his old school and even though his grades were dropping he
still kept it together. Bill was starting to look up to comedians on the radio and the TV. They were
comedians like Sam Levenson, Sid Caesar, and Carl Reiner. Even though his grades were poor in junior
high, when he took the......
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