Red Skelton Biography

Fast Facts

• Was so poor as a child that he once sang for pennies on the streets of his Indiana home town
• Quit school at 10 to join a traveling medicine show
• Always ended his TV show---which ran for two decades---and his radio show by saying, "Good night and may God bless
• " Had a bridge that spans the Wabash River between Indiana and Illinois named after him in 1963
• His Freddie the Freeloader character adorns a U
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• stamp that was introduced in August 2009
• Composed thousands of songs and more than 60 symphonies over the course of his career
• Was a renowned oil painter of clowns and an expert at growing bonsai trees
• Was a Shriner and a Freemason