Search results
Bob Keeshan died in Windsor, Vermont, on January 23, 2004, at age 76. He was buried in Saint Joseph's Cemetery in Babylon, New York. Keeshan's grandson, Britton Keeshan, became the youngest person at that time to have climbed the Seven Summits by climbing Mount Everest in May 2004.
Jun 14, 2024 · Bob Keeshan, American television producer and entertainer who was best known for his role as Captain Kangaroo on the children’s program of the same name (1955–84). The walrus-mustached Captain brought education disguised as entertainment and endeared himself to generations of young viewers.
Mini Bio. Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Starting as a page at the National Broadcasting Company, Keeshan later began his on-air career as the original "Clarabell, the Clown" for the NBC The Howdy Doody Show (1947) (aka "The ...
Jan 23, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who delighted millions of children and their parents for three decades as television's gentle, patient Captain Kangaroo and before that as the original Clarabelle the Clown on the...
Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Starting as a page at the National Broadcasting Company, Keeshan later began his on-air career as the original "Clarabell, the Clown" for the NBC The Howdy Doody Show (1947) (aka "The Howdy ...
Jan 24, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who delighted millions of children and their parents for three decades as television's Captain Kangaroo and before that as original Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody Show, dies at...
Oct 4, 2019 · We look back at the remarkable career of Bob Keeshan, known to children of all ages as Captain Kangaroo, on the occasion of his death on Jan. 23, 2004. Check...
Jan 23, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who gently entertained and educated generations of children as television's walrus-mustachioed Captain Kangaroo, died Friday at 76.
Jan 23, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who entertained generations of children as Captain Kangaroo, died of a long illness on Jan. 23. He was 76. Keeshan first donned his red coat with large pockets in 1955, when Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS.
Jan 24, 2004 · In Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Keeshan created one of the medium's most enduring characters. The cheerful man with a Dutch bob that gradually turned from ginger to white over the years...
