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Contact Info
Home Town Lynbrook
Last Address Hartford, NY
Date of Passing Jan 23, 2004
Location of Interment Saint Josephs Cemetery - Babylon, New York
Last Known Activity:
Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Starting as a page at the National Broadcasting Company, Keeshan later began his on-air career as the original "Clarabell, the Clown&
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Bob Keeshan
Children's television personality & host (1927–2004)
Bob Keeshan
Keeshan in 1995
Born
Robert James Keeshan
(1927-06-27)June 27, 1927
Lynbrook, New York, U.S.
Died
January 23, 2004(2004-01-23) (aged 76)
Windsor, Vermont, U.S.
Alma mater
Fordham University
Occupation(s)
Television host, producer, actor
Years active
1947–2004
Spouse
Anne Laurie
(m. 1950; died 1996)
Children
3
Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.[1][2] He also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.
Early life
Bob Keeshan was born to Irish parents[3] in Lynbrook, New York.[4] After an early graduation in 1945 from
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Bob Keeshan
Keeshan at BOK Tower in April 1999
Personal details
Born
Robert James Keeshan
(1927-06-27)June 27, 1927
Lynbrook, New York
Died
January 23, 2004(2004-01-23) (aged 76) Windsor, Vermont
Alma mater
Fordham University
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.[1][2]
Keeshan also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.
Youth, education, military[]
Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, New York.[3] After an early graduation from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York, in 1945, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, but was still in the United States when Japan surrendered. He attended Fordham University on the GI Bill and a few years at Hillsdale Colle