Comedian Ernie Kovacs

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Ernie Kovacs

Living place: Trenton

Birthday: 23-1-1919

Population of US 1919: 104,514,000

Global rank: #36021

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Who is Comedian Ernie Kovacs?
Creative television comedian, writer, and actor whose shows, Three to Get Ready and Kovacs on the Corner, are known for their experimental style. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1987, the year after his death.
His experimental and improvisational style has influenced late-night TV hosts like Craig Ferguson.
 
 

Young / Before famous

In 1937, he won a scholarship to represent the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with the help of his teacher, Harold Van Kirk. His first paid entertainment job was in 1941, as a DJ on Trenton's WTTM radio station.

Family life info

He married Bette Lee Wilcox on August 13, 1945 and divorced in 1952. When he was given full custody of her two children she kidnapped them and brought them to Florida. After regaining custody of his children, he married his second wife Edie Adams on September 12, 1954.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Comedian Ernie Kovacs?
The popular late-night TV show, David Letterman, cites Ernie Kovacs as the comedian who inspired him.

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When was Comedian Ernie Kovacs born?
Ernie Kovacs was born in 23-1-1919, death year is , at the age of 105.
Where is Comedian Ernie Kovacs's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ernie Kovacs was born in Trenton, New Jersey- United States. is a Comedian, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Ernie Kovacs's global rank is 36021 and whose rank is 452 in list of famous Comedian. Population of US in 1919 is about 104,514,000 persons.
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Events in 1919 and 23-1

Events in US in the birth year of Ernie Kovacs

  • About three-quarters of the Boston police force goes on strike (Sept. 9). Massachusetts Governor (John) Calvin Coolidge acts quickly to dismiss the strikers, saying that no one has the right to strike against the public safety.
  • Race riots erupt in 26 U.S. cities during the course of the year, including Washington, D.C., and Chicago in July.
  • The 18th amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcholic beverages anywhere in the U.S., is ratified (Jan. 16).

Birthday Ernie Kovacs (23-1) in history

  • Day 23-1 year 1556: The deadliest earthquake on record in Shaanxi, China, 8.0 to 8.3 Mw, has killed 830,000 people.
  • Day 23-1 year 1789: Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.
  • Day 23-1 year 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.
  • Day 23-1 year 1964: The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.
  • Day 23-1 year 1968: North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)
  • Day 23-1 year 1973: President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
  • Day 23-1 year 1989: Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.
  • Day 23-1 year 2002: Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.
  • Day 23-1 year 2004: Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," died at age 76.
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