National Enquirer offers $100,000 reward for the capture of the killer of Bill's son, Ennis. [January 1997]
Bill's son, Ennis Cosby (27), was shot dead while fixing a flat tire off the San Diego Freeway. [16 January 1997]
He and Camille have five children: Erika, Erinn, Ensa, Evin, and Ennis (deceased)
His call sign is sun in Cancer, moon in Virgo.
In 1976, he earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts at Amhearst. His dissertation was titled "An Integration of the Visual Media Via "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Acheive Increased Learning."
His wife, Camille Hanks, is a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mother.
At one time expressed a very public interest in purchasing the National Broadcasting Company.
Sang on a number of albums in the 70s.
In addition to numerous best-selling comedy albums over the years, for which he won several Grammy awards, Cosby had a top-40 hit as a singer in 1969 with "Little Old Man."
Insisted that "The Cosby Show" be filmed in New York; he disliked working in Hollywood.
Grand marshal, Tournament of Roses parade [2003]
Many elements of "The Cosby Show" (1984) were references to his own family. Phylicia Rashad (Clair Huxtable)'s maiden name was Hanks, like his wife Camille's maiden name. Also, like he has in real life, the Huxtables had four daughters and one son.
A member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Son Ennis is buried on Cosby family estate in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
First Black performer to win an Emmy (I Spy).
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