Biography
Jerry Colonna (b. Gerardo Luigi Colonna, September 17, 1904- November 21, 1986) was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest Bob Hope sidekick on Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Colonna_%28entertainer%29)
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