George Burns dead at 100; humor touched generations

The Boston Globe;  March 10, 1996 ;     700+ words ...George Burns, the beloved comedian whose remarkable...the great entertainers of all time." "George Burns' sense of timing and captivating smile...1930s and 1940s, and in October 1950 "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" premiered on CBS...

100 // Oh, God! George Burns Hits the Big One

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 14, 1996 ;     700+ words ...According to vaudeville tradition, George Burns won't expire before his 100th birthday...author of the recent biography George Burns and the Hundred-Year Dash (Simon...friends, adopted the stage name of George Burns. His rise to fame was slow and...

The last vaudevillian: Burns' not-always-funny 100 years.(Books)

The Washington Times;  January 28, 1996 ;     700+ words ...George Burns and the Hundred-Year Dash opens rather sadly. Perhaps his...the act that was his life. In fact, the next season The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show became The George Burns Show. It lasted a year. Mr. Burns later tried performing...

Obituary: George Burns

The Independent - London;  March 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ......smoking good cigars." Certainly George Burns was no jerk. For 36 years he made...one-liners - revealed, at long last, George Burns, the consummate comedian. When...forced Gracie to retire in 1958 (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was then...

Happy Birthday George Burns

Israel Faxx;  January 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Silverman (VOA-Los Angeles) Entertainer George Burns will be 100 Saturday. He began...century and continued into the 1990s: George Burns knew only one way to deal with...Continuing as a solo performer, George Burns became a movie star in his 70s...

George Burns: a hundred years of attitude

The Boston Globe;  January 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ...100 YEARS, 100 STORIES By George Burns Putnam, 214 pp., $15.95 GEORGE BURNS AND THE HUNDRED YEAR DASH By Martin Gottfried...23 Mix the martinis. Fire up an El Producto. George Burns reaches the century mark today, the big one-o...

George Burns, who turns 100 Saturday, says, 'I didn't quit'.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 15, 1996 ;     700+ words ...George Burns describes himself as a late bloomer. He...show called ``Somewhere in Time.'' ``And George Burns and Gracie Allen were right up at he top...They were ahead of Jack Benny.'' That George Burns should have been ahead of anyone in show...

GEORGE BURNS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 12, 1996 ;     266 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 03-12-1996 GEORGE BURNS Date: 03-12-1996, Tuesday Section...THE most important thing about George Burns was the example he set for living...Illustrations/Photos: PHOTO - George Burns Keywords: HUMOR. SHOW. MAN. DEATH...

George Burns Bows Out at 100 // Found New Fame Late in Life

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 10, 1996 ;     680 words ...LOS ANGELES George Burns, the indefatigable entertainer whose...hard to imagine show business before George Burns," said Bob Hope. "Now, it's difficult...Denver said. "Anyone who experienced George Burns experienced a wonderful man and friend...

CBS gala to hail George Burns for his 95th birthday

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 31, 1991 ;     700+ words ......ANGELES Maybe he really is God. George Burns' amazing endurance as a performer...actor and comedian is saluted in "George Burns' 95th Birthday Celebration," a...he lunches every day). It has `George Burns' printed right on the paper. Now...

George Burns' estate forms professorship

University Wire;  September 24, 1997 ;     308 words ......estate of the late actor-performer George Burns, who worked for more than 90 years...Theatre $1 million to establish the George Burns Distinguished Visiting Professorship...stage act to film and television, George Burns paved the way for our theater students...

George Burns: an American treasure.

Saturday Evening Post;  May 1, 1987 ;     700+ words ...GEORGE BURNS: AN AMERICAN TREASURE He's just your typical...no surprise to those who know and love George Burns. Burns has been wowing audiencessince...retired in 1958. The classic reruns of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show still draw laughs...

George Burns: Playing it straight to the age of 100.(Metropolitan...

The Washington Times;  March 11, 1996 ;     623 words ......Day at the age of 78 and now George Burns, who finally succumbed to mortality...fragile and declining health, Mr. Burns had flourished as the unofficial...100th-birthday performing date, Mr. Burns had already compensated the...remarkable, beloved career Mr. Burns was a struggling but ...

GEORGE BURNS MIRTHMAKER.(FRONT)(Editorial)

The Virginian Pilot;  March 12, 1996 ;     321 words ...``Comedian George Burns was the world's best known centenarian...God for laughter and for the likes of George Burns, who becomingly credited his show-business...insisted. Gracie Allen died in 1964 and George Burns' star faded. Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald...

Frank Gorshin conjures up spirits of Burns and Allen

Yakima Herald-Republic;  February 18, 2005 ;     365 words ......Hollywood's top impersonators. But George Burns, the gravelly voiced, cigar-smoking...case studies. "I've never done George Burns," says the 71-year-old Gorshin...t want to and here I am, doing George Burns for an hour and a half." Gorshin...