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All All. Sign In. George Leslie Gobel. Lonesome George. Following graduating from Chicago's Theodore Roosevelt High School in , the young man won initial Midwest attention singing billed as "Little Georgie Gobel" on radio. He also toured with country music bands while billed as "The Littlest Cowboy. While serving, he began doing stand-up for his fellow servicemen and later took to the nightclub, hotel and county fair circuit.

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His mild-mannered comic delivery, coupled with a cracker-barrel warmness, finally caught fire when the year-old humorist hit the TV waves in From then on, he focused on comedy rather than singing. Increasing in popularity, he was given a show on his own The George Gobel Show , winning an Emmy award for his efforts. His alter-ego was this hapless, unassuming, hen-pecked husband who tried to breeze through life the best he could.

Two lightweight comedy showcases offered him as put-upon protagonists in The Birds and the Bees and I Married a Woman had a lukewarm reception. After the cancellation of his TV series, Gobel lost severe momentum. In , George became a household name again after replacing the late Cliff Arquette aka "Charley Weaver" as the bottom left square star on the popular game show Hollywood Squares He returned to film only twice -- in the comedy satire Rabbit Test as the President and the backwoods comedy Ellie as a preacher.

George won a role on the short-lived series Harper Valley P. The comedian died in Encino, California, on February 24, , at age 71 following bypass surgery.