William Henry Cosby, jr.

By: Eddie

Childhood Events and Challenges

• When Bill was still a young man, his brother James died from too many illnesses

• Bill’s father lost his job and joined the Navy. He dedicated his time in the Navy to his son James

• His mother didn’t have a job so they were on welfare at one point• Teachers didn’t get along with Bill and his jokes often got him into

trouble

General info

-Born in July 12,1937 in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

-Lived in a apartment

-Had two brothers, Russell Cosby and James Cosby

-He is a comedian

-His parents are together

-His father is in the army -He has a PHD in education

Question to answer.• Why do you admire this person? I admire him because he had challenges and he

fought them and look at where he is now.• How did Bill’s actions have a lasting impact? Well, Jerry Seinfeld and many other

comedians got their ideas from Mr.Cosby. • Why is this person famous? He’s famous because he was the biggest comedian of all

time and had some big time TV shows

Accomplishment

• In 1984,a show called “The Cosby Show” started. It about a normal family living in the city.

• 4-30-08 democrat chronicle interviews Bill and his new cd and he was trying to say that “rap doesn’t have to have swearing and hate”

• He also made a book called “Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors”

• In high school, he was the captain in baseball and track. He was also class President, which meant that he was doing better in school

• Then he made a cartoon called Fat Elbert that eventually turned into a movie• Then came along the jello pudding commercial, which was the bomb……. Yummy• Has cartoon called little Bill

Interesting facts

I thought it was interesting that he didn’t like hip hop, rap, R&B.

And it was weird that he’s a comedian and hates to curse cause some comedians curse in some of there

jokes.