© 2025 Innovation Trail
This site is no longer being updated. Please visit WXXI News for the latest coverage.

Comedian Bob Hope Dies at 100

Bob Hope, master of the one-liner and world-famous comedian, dies of pneumonia at 100. A star in vaudeville, radio, television and film, Hope helped define the monologue. NPR's Lynn Neary asks visitors at the Library of Congress' Bob Hope exhibit for their thoughts on Hope's passing. And NPR's Michele Norris talks with longtime Hope writer Larry Gelbart.

Copyright 2003 NPR

Tags
Lynn Neary
Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.
Michele Norris