Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova, and as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
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| Full name at birth | Edward Kirk Herrmann
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| Claim to fame | The Lost Boys, Gilmore Girls
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| Date of birth | 21 July 1943
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| Place of birth | Washington, District of Columbia USA
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| Date of death | 31 December 2014
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| Age | 71 (age at death)
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| Place of death | New York City , New York USA
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| Cause of death | Brain Cancer
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- He loves restoring classic cars. He has several in his collection.
- In 1999, he hosted a program on The History Channel, "History's Lost and Found" which chronicles the whereabouts of history's best known artifacts. Since that time Herrmann has hosted (or narrated) dozens of History Channel specials mostly about historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt and FDR.
- He grew up in the Detroit area, studied drama in England at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (on a Fullbright Fellowship no less) and performed in several repertory stage productions in the Dallas area early in his career.
- Won his Tony the same year that Kelly Bishop - who portrays his wife in Gilmore Girls - won hers.
- Member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Bucknell university.
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