
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, January 31, 1994                   TAG: 9402030445
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Leigh Pressley Landmark News Service
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

COSBY'S RISE HAD A SHAKY BEGINNING

As a high school dropout and former shoeshine man turned comedian, actor, author and filmmaker, Bill Cosby is living the American dream.

He grew up in the projects of North Philadelphia as a devilish kid with a hard-working mother, a frequently absent father, two younger brothers and a group of quirky friends who later became the basis for the funny stories about Fat Albert and Weird Harold.

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