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Birth name Robin BurnNationality USABirth 2 august 1890 at Van Buren (
USA)
Death 2 february 1956 (at 65 years) at Encino, Los Angeles (
USA)
Robin "Bob" Burns (August 2, 1890 – February 2, 1956) was an American musical comedian, who appeared on radio and in movies from 1930 to 1947. Burns played a novelty musical instrument of his own invention, which he called a "bazooka". During World War II, the US Army's handheld anti-tank rocket launcher was nicknamed the "bazooka".
Biography
In 1921, Burns married Elizabeth Fisher. They had one child, Robert, Jr., who was married to actress Naomi Stevens and who passed away in 2012. Elizabeth died in 1936. That same year Burns married "yodeling hillbilly" actress Judy Canova, but they were divorced in March 1939. Burns then married Harriet M. Foster in May 1939. They had three children, Barbara, William, and Stephen, and remained married until his death.
A wealthy man from his land investments, Burns spent his final years on his 200-acre (0.81 km) model farm on Sherman Way in Canoga Park, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.
He died from kidney cancer in nearby Encino on February 2, 1956, at the age of 65.
Best films
(1937)
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(1944)
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