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Comedian Bill Dana, as he appeared as astronaut "José Jiménez" on "The Bill Dana Show" in 1963. Dana, 92, died on June 15. (NBC) — "Okay, José, you're on your way!" With those words, radioed to Alan Shepard as he lifted off to become the first American astronaut to fly into space on May 5, 1961, Bill Dana's role in NASA history was sealed.
Bill Dana - Comedian, writer, producer, recording artist, author, 8th Mercury Astronaut ("out of a possible 7"), and beloved as his signature character, José Jiménez, passed away at his home in Nashville on Thursday, June 15th, 2017 with his wife Evy by his side. He was 92 years young.
Jun 19, 2017 · Bill Dana, the entertainer who was known best for his dialect comedy embodied in the character José Jiménez, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 92. Dana create
Jun 19, 2017 · Comedy writer and performer Bill Dana, who won stardom in the 1950s and ’60s with his character Jose Jimenez, has died.Dana died Thursday at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, according to ...
The Bill Dana Oral History Collection is now digitized and available online . – Brittany Gravely. The Bill Dana Film Collection came to the Harvard Film Archive in 2005 and includes 35mm pre-print film elements and 35mm projection prints for the entire run of The Bill Dana Show . Bill Dana’s papers are housed at Emerson College as part of ...
Jun 19, 2017 · Comedian Bill Dana ’50 Made Us Laugh for Six Decades. Bill Dana ’50, a popular comedy writer and performer from the 1950s into the ‘80s, and the driving force behind Emerson College’s American Comedy Archives, died Thursday, June 15, at his Nashville, Tennessee home. He was 92. Dana, a World War II veteran, began his entertainment ...
Jun 15, 2017 · Actor, Author. Born William Szathmary, to Jewish parents Joseph Szathmary and Dena (Litchman) Szathmary, he created and starred as the character at the center of the My Name … Jose Jimenez routine that made him one of America's most beloved comic performers of the 1960s. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II,...
