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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Bob Hope
Bob Hope aka Leslie Townes Hope's Life in Pictures
Actress Carroll Baker snaps her fingers at sailors cheering from bridge of aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga as Hope leads her across stage set up on flight deck. More than 2,500 sailors saw the Hope troupe's show on the carrier off the coast of Vietnam Dec. 27, 1965.
President Gerald Ford laughs at a joke from Bob Hope about their golf game as they talked with newsmen outside Bethesda Naval Hospital. Standing in the background is Hugh Davis, a friend of Hope's.
Bob Hope and Gonzo are shown in a scene from "The Muppet Movie."
President Ronald Reagan and former President Gerald Ford flank comedian Bob Hope just before a dinner Saturday, Oct. 18, 1981, to honor Hope's work for the USO.
Bob Hope is applauded at the end of his 80th birthday celebration May 20, 1983. Among the celebrations marking Hope's 80th birthday is a party at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Among the well-wishers are President Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Nancy Reagan, Lynda Carter, Dudley Moore, Cheryl Tiegs, and George Burns.
Nancy Reagan, right, places the 1997 Ronald Reagan Freedom Award around the neck of Bob Hope as his wife Dolores looks on Thursday, May 29, 1997, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Bob Hope views Eddie Foy's dance shoes and a theater owner's ledger that shows how little he was paid in the 1920s. May 8, 2000. Hope takes a private tour of the Bob Hope Gallery of American Entertainment at the Library of Congress in Washington. The permanent exhibit space opened to the public two days later.
From left to right: Bob Hope's children Kelly Hope, Zachary, Linda, and Tony, at the ceremony dedicating Bob Hope Square, at the already famous intersection of Hollywood and Vine, May 29, 2003
Less than two months after his 100th birthday, Bob Hope died of pneumonia at his home in Toluca Lake, Calif. Hope's family was at his bedside, July 27, 2003
Presidential Medal of Freedom and United States of America
Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Bob Hope
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