1. Bob Braun began his career at the age of thirteen with WSAI Radio, hosting a Saturday morning Knothole Baseball sports show.
15 Facts About Bob Braun
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In 1957, after winning the $1,000 top prize on television's Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts talent show, Braun was immediately hired by WLWT and WLW-AM.
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Bob Braun later recorded for United Artists, but most of his subsequent recording efforts were released on small independent or vanity labels.
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Bob Braun hosted a weekly show on WLW-T called "Bob Braun's Bandstand".
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On his own show, Bob Braun heavily promoted and supported Lyons' charity, "The Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund," each Christmas season.
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The Department of Photographs and Films at the Cincinnati Museum Center has videotapes of The Bob Braun Show and Braun and Company that were preserved starting in 1982.
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Evidently, in 1969, Bob Braun did a prime-time special on which Nick Clooney and his eight-year-old son George were guests.
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Bob Braun recorded his album "Women of My Dreams" in 1982 on the ANRO label.
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Bob Braun was one of Cincinnati's biggest TV stars until 1984, when he moved to California for ten years to do commercials, talk shows and small movie roles.
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Bob Braun had a part in the Bruce Willis movie Die Hard 2.
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In March 1994, Bob Braun left Hollywood and returned to WSAI Radio as one of "The Sunrise Boys", working as the morning host alongside his nephew, "Bucks" Bob Braun and newsman Don Herman.
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Bob Braun retired on November 24,1999, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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Bob Braun's show business career had spanned a half century.
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Bob Braun died of Parkinson's and cancer in 2001 and was buried in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Bob Braun was survived by his wife, Wray Jean, and three children: Rob, Doug, and Melissa.