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American comedian and actor (–)

George Leslie Goebel (May 20, – February 24, ) was an American humorist, actor, and comedian.^[1] He was best known as the star of his own weekly comedy variety television series, The George Gobel Show, on NBC from to and on CBS from to ^[1] (alternating in its last season with The Jack Benny Program). He was also a familiar panelist on the NBC game show Hollywood Squares.

Early years

He was born George Leslie Goebel in Chicago on May 20, ,^[2] the only child of Hermann and Lillian (MacDonald) Goebel. His father, Hermann Goebel, who was then working as a butcher and grocer, had immigrated to the United States in the s with his parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.^[3] His mother, Lillian (MacDonald) Goebel, was a native of Illinois, as was her mother, while Lillian's father, a tugboat captain, had immigrated from Scotland.^[3]

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