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Bob and Ray

American comedians
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Bynames of:
Robert Brackett Elliott and Raymond Walter Goulding
Born:
March 26, 1923, Boston, Mass., U.S.
Died:
February 2, 2016, Cundys Harbor, Maine
Born:
March 20, 1922, Lowell, Mass.
Died:
March 24, 1990, Manhasset, N.Y.

Bob and Ray (respectively, born March 26, 1923, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died February 2, 2016, Cundys Harbor, Maine; born March 20, 1922, Lowell, Mass.—died March 24, 1990, Manhasset, N.Y.) were American comedians best known for their satirical radio programs. Both Elliott and Goulding served in the U.S. Army during World War II. They met while working for radio station WHDH in Boston, Elliott as a disk jockey and Goulding as a news broadcaster on Elliott’s program. The on-air banter between the two was the beginning of their comedy team; their facility for comic improvisation was demonstrated on the daily Matinee with ...(100 of 189 words)

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