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Mar 27, 2002 · BERLE, MILTON (formerly Mendel Berlinger ; 1908–2002), U.S. comedian, known as "Mr. Television" and "Uncle Miltie." Born in New York, Berle played in nightclubs, films, and Broadway shows, including the Ziegfeld Follies of 1943. From 1948 to 1956 he did a weekly variety show on television in modern slapstick style.
May 12, 2002 · By Lillian Ross. May 12, 2002. About two hundred and fifty people packed the Friars Club the other day for a memorial tribute to Milton Berle, Abbot Emeritus of the ninety-eight-year-old fraternal ...
Milton Berle Facts. 1. He Knew At An Early Age. Mendel Berlinger was born in 1908 and grew up on W. 118th Street in Harlem. His parents were as far from show business as they could be: His father sold paint and his mother was a store detective.
Jun 8, 2018 · Yet Milton Berle became known as Mr. Television because he was the reason most people back then bought their first TV sets. And he did that because he didn't just transplant the variety show from ...
Milton Berle, 93, the old-time vaudeville comic who earned the nickname "Mr. Television" for introducing millions of Americans to the electronic medium during its infancy and thereby helping to change the country forever, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles. Berle, who had been under hospice care in recent weeks, learned last year that he ...
Mar 27, 2002 · Milton Berle, the first major star of the television era and whose career started in vaudeville and spanned more than 80 years, died Wednesday in his sleep at his home in West Los Angeles. He was 93.
Mar 28, 2002 · Milton Berle, the acerbic, cigar-smoking vaudevillian who eagerly embraced a new medium and became "Mr. Television" in the dawn of the video age, died Wednesday. He was 93. Berle died at 2:45 p.m ...
