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Aristus

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1. Everyone said my Dad looked exactly like Bob Crane. And my Dad's name was Bob, too.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jul 13, 2023, 09:37 AM

Jul 2023

We'd go to a restaurant, and someone would hear my Mom call my Dad 'Bob', and there would be whispering from the other tables. And at least once, someone came over to ask Dad if he was Bob Crane.

After Crane was murdered, that stopped, of course.

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On this day, July 13,1928, actor Bob Crane of Hogan's Heroes was born. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

Everyone said my Dad looked exactly like Bob Crane. And my Dad's name was Bob, too. Aristus Jul 2023 #1

Greg Kinnear's movie about him is good - no conclusions about the murder but Hestia Jul 2023 #2