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2 days ago · LOS ANGELES — Ronnie Burns, the son of George Burns and Gracie Allen who played himself on his parents' TV show in the 1950s, has died. He was 72.
Nov 18, 2023 · George Burns children: Meet Ronnie Burns & Sandra Burns. George Burns and Gracie Allen adopted two children, Sandra Jean and Ronald Jon Burns, after discovering that they could not conceive on their own. Sandra Jean Burns was born on July 28, 1934, and Ronald was born on July 9, 1935.
George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum (Yiddish: נתן בירנבוים) on January 20, 1896, in New York City, the ninth of 12 children born to Hadassah "Dorah" (née Bluth; 1857–1927) and Eliezer Birnbaum (1855–1903), known as Louis or Lippa, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Ropczyce, Galicia, now Poland.
In the 1930s, Burns and Allen adopted two children, Sandra Jean and Ronald Jon. Eight years before his death, Burns publicly admitted that once in their marriage, in the 1950s, he cheated on Allen. In guilt over the one-night affair, Burns gave Allen a $10,000 diamond ring and a $750 silver centerpiece.
Sandra Burns was born on 28 July 1934. She was an actress, known for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes (2004) and Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941). She was married to Stephen Albert Luckman, Rod Amateau and Young James Wilhoite III.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Ronnie Burns was eleven weeks old when he was adopted in Chicago on September 27, 1935, by George Burns and Gracie Allen. His older sister, Sandra Jean, had been adopted the year before by Burns and Allen, and was then 13 months old.
Jan 19, 2018 · Sandra was born in 1934. She was the adopted daughter of George Burns (Birnbaum) and Gracie Allen. Sandra was a school counselor in the San Diego school system. She is known for her work on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950).
Oct 26, 2019 · At the height of their fame on radio in the 1930s, George and Gracie — who were unable to have children biologically — adopted daughter Sandy and son Ronnie. Like Gracie, George had a tough...
Nov 7, 2017 · As they became more successful, the Burnses adopted two children: Sandra in 1934 and Ronald in 1935. George Burns lived and breathed show business and enjoyed golf and other outdoor activities, but Gracie Allen was a homebody. Offstage “you never knew Gracie was in show business,’’ Burns says of his first and only wife, who died in 1964.
Nov 16, 2007 · Ronnie Burns, 72, the son of George Burns and Gracie Allen who appeared occasionally with the comedy team on television in the 1950s, died of cancer Wednesday at his Pacific Palisades home,...
