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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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Hollywood rededicates Hope's star as his 100th birthday nears
Tuesday April 15, 2003
By ANTHONY BREZNICAN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) Bob Hope, whose 100th birthday is next month,
was too frail to attend the rededication of one of his stars
Tuesday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but comedian Dennis Miller
said Hope probably wouldn't have come anyway.
``I know if he was up-and-about he would have made a bee-line
for Iraq to entertain our brave men and women over there,'' said
Miller, one of several celebrities at the gathering who paid
tribute to the comic.
``Frasier'' star Kelsey Grammer said Hope's ``laughter has
helped us through some very difficult days and helped us relish the
good ones.''
``Bob Hope's contribution to this country and our society is
invaluable and it will last for centuries to come,'' he said.
At the event, an embedded plaque describing Hope as ``citizen of
the century'' was unveiled on the star. Others in attendance
included Hope friends Phyllis Diller, Eva Marie Saint and Cindy
Williams, and his daughter, Linda Hope.
The ceremony coincided with the release by Universal Studios
Home Video of the ``Bob Hope 100th Birthday Tribute Collection,''
12 DVDs featuring 17 of his movies, including ``The Big Broadcast
of 1938'' and ``College Swing'' on one disc, and several of his
comedies with Bing Crosby, such as ``The Road to Utopia'' and ``The
Road to Zanzibar.''
On Hope's birthday, May 29, the intersection of Hollywood
Boulevard and Vine Street will be named Bob Hope Square. In
Washington, D.C., that day, a reception will be held at the Bob
Hope Gallery of Entertainment at the Library of Congress.
Also on May 29, the expanded Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los
Angeles International Airport will be dedicated, and streets will
be named after him in Toluca Lake, where he lives, and Cleveland,
where he grew up.
The Cleveland Indians will celebrate ``Bob Hope Day'' at Jacobs
Field.
Hope and his wife, Dolores, spend their days mainly at his
suburban golf estate just across the Los Angeles River behind
Universal Studios. He stopped making public appearances about two
years ago.
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On the Net:
Hollywood Walk of Fame: http://www.hollywoodcoc.org/walkoffame
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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