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(1926-2015) Author. Joe Franklin was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a long-time television personality.

Full Name

Joe Franklin

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

1926

BIRTH

Joe Franklin was born Joe Fortgang in the Bronx, New York, on March 9, 1926.

1953

LITWORK

The Marilyn Monroe Story
R. Field Co.; Greenberg

Nonfiction.

1959

LITWORK

Classics Of The Silent Screen: A Pictorial Treasury
The Citadel Press

Nonfiction.

1974

LITWORK

Joe Franklin's Memory Lane Cookbook
Lion Books
9780874602425
Nonfiction.

1980

LITWORK

Joe Franklin's Awfully Corny Joke Book
Chelsea House Publishers
0877541426 / 978-0877541424

1981

LITWORK

Seventy Years Of Great Film Comedians: A Joe Franklin Memory Lane Scrapbook
Global Communications
9780938294061
Nonfiction.

1985

LITWORK

Joe Franklin's Encyclopedia Of Comedians
Bell Pub. Co.
9780517467657
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Up Late With Joe Franklin
Scribner
0025407759 / 978-0025407756
Memoir written with R. J. Marx.

2002

LITWORK

Joe Franklin's Great Entertainment Trivia
Square One Publishers
075700038X / 978-0757000386
Nonfiction.

2015

DEATH

Joe Franklin died in a hospice in Manhattan, New York, on January 24, 2015.

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