Bob Braun (April 20, 1929-January 15, 2001) was a local television and radio personality in Cincinnati, Ohio. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... -1... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

Bob Braun

He was best known for The Bob Braun Show, which he hosted from 1967 to 1984. The show was the top-rated live entertainment/information program in the Midwest. Originating at WLWT, the daily 90-minute show was syndicated throughout the heartland of America, and featured a live band, singers, and special guests including Bob Hope (a frequent guest), Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Red Skelton, Phyllis Diller and Dick Clark. Politicians including Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, John Glenn, and Ted Kennedy were also guests. Image File history File links Bobbraun. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WLWT-TV is the NBC television affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio, broadcasting its analog signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter located in Cincinnati. ... Bob Hope receiving an (honorary) Oscar Leslie Townes Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), otherwise known as Bob Hope, was a famous American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies and in U.S. Army concerts. ... Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian and star of I Love Lucy. ... Johnny Carson For the article about the Erskine College president, see Dr. John Carson John William Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. ... When the stork bought you, Clem, I shoulda shot him on sight! Red Skelton. ... Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 1917, in Lima, Ohio) is an American comedian who is generally considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. ... Richard Wagstaff Clark (born November 30, 1929), more commonly known as Dick Clark, is an American television entertainer. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born in Milton, Massachusetts, June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... This article is about the astronaut. ... Edward Moore Kennedy (born February 22, 1932) is the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, having served since 1963. ...

The Bob Braun Show replaced another legendary local television show, The 50-50 Club. Its host, Ruth Lyons, retired in 1967 due to declining health. Braun had appeared regularly on the show since 1957, and was frequently a fill-in host. On his own show, Braun heavily promoted and supported Lyons' charity, "The Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund," each Christmas season. (The charity, now known as "The Ruth Lyons Children's Fund," remains in operation to this day.) Toward the end of its run, the show was renamed Braun and Company. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Jesus Christ) is a traditional holiday observed on 25 December. ...

Regular cast members on The Bob Braun Show included Rob Reider, Mary Ellen Tanner and Nancy James. The show's longtime director was Dick Murgatroyd, who years later became the county-judge executive of Kenton County, Kentucky, and then later deputy chief of staff to Gov. Ernie Fletcher. In the latter post, Murgatroyd became embroiled in a wide-ranging investigation involving the state's merit-based employment system; Fletcher issued a blanket pardon for Murgatroyd and eight others before the cases came to trial, and then fired all nine on September 14, 2005. Kenton County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) has served as governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 2003. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Braun began his career at the age of thirteen with WSAI Radio, hosting a Saturday morning Knothole Baseball sports show. He joined WCPO-TV in 1949. In 1957, after winning the $1,000 top prize on television's Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts talent show, Braun was immediately hired by WLWT and WLW-AM. After cutting a handful of unsuccessful pop vocal recordings for labels such as Fraternity and Torch, Braun signed to Decca Records and charted his only Top 40 hit, "Till Death Do Us Part," in 1962. Braun later recorded for United Artists, but most of his subsequent recording efforts were released on small independent or vanity labels. He was one of Cincinnati TV's biggest stars until 1984, when he moved to California for 10 years to do commercials, talk shows and small movie roles. During that time, he was most often seen as the spokesperson for Craftmatic adjustable beds, and also had a part in the Bruce Willis movie "Die Hard 2: Die Harder." WCPO-TV, ABC9 is a broadcast television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, affiliated with the ABC network. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts (also known as Talent Scouts) was a television variety show which ran on CBS from 1948 until 1958. ... WLWT-TV is the NBC television affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio, broadcasting its analog signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter located in Cincinnati. ... WLW-AM is a radio broadcast station based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929. ... The current United Artists logo. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany) is a Jewish-German-American actor and musician. ... Die Hard 2: Die Harder, the second Die Hard movie, was released on Wednesday, July 4, 1990 and starred Bruce Willis as cop John McClane. ...

In 1993, Bob was inducted into the Cincinnati Radio Hall of Fame. In March of 1994, Braun left Hollywood and returned to WSAI Radio as one of "The Sunrise Boys," working as the morning host alongside his nephew, "Bucks" Braun (himself a successful radio personality in nearby Dayton, Ohio) and newsman John Herman. In June of 1997, Mayor Roxanne Qualls and the entire City Council honored him with "Bob Braun Day in Cincinnati." 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... ... Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States with a population of 166,179 (2000). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roxanne Qualls is an American politician of the Democratic party who served as mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1993 to 1999. ...

Braun retired on November 24, 1999, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His show business career spanned a half century. He was replaced on WSAI by none other than Nick Clooney. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Nick Clooney (born January 13, 1934) is an American television anchorman, game show and American Movie Classics host, as well as a politician from the state of Kentucky. ...

Braun died of Parkinson's and cancer in 2001. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

He was survived by his wife, Wray Jean, and three children: Rob, Doug, and Melissa. Rob now works at WKRC-TV as its primary news anchorman. WKRC, is a set of radio and television stations based in Cincinnati, Ohio, owned by Clear Channel Communications. ...

External links

• Bob Braun bio at give-to-parkinsons.org
• Bio at Findagrave.com
• Internet Movie Database lisitng for Bob Braun <-adopted->