| Name: |
Jean Parker Shepherd |
| Born: |
July 21, 1921- Chicago, Illinois |
| Died: |
October 16, 1999 3:30am in Lee Memorial
Hospital, Fla of natural causes. |
| Father: |
Jean Shepherd |
| Mother: |
Ann Hetrich (According to a show called
"Drunk Tracking", no date ~1970, Shep's mother had 5 sisters, and he
had about 26 cousins |
| Siblings: |
Randall Shepherd - younger brother |
| Military: |
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Serial Number - 16 098 946
Technician Fifth Grade
Entered: July 10, 1942
Discharged: December 16, 1944 |
| Marriages: |
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Brief marriage in
Cincinnati or Cleveland to
unknown woman |
| September 9, 1950 to 1957 |
Joan Laverne Warner
| Children: 2 |
| Randall Shepherd - 1951 |
| Adrian Shepherd - December 16, 1957 |
|
| 1961-1967 |
Lois Nettleton (source: IMDB)
|
| March 2, 1977 to 1998 |
Leigh Brown
b. 5-1-39 d. 7-16-98
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| Radio Career: |
|
| Age 16 (1937) |
Weekly High School sportscasts for local
radio station |
| WWII |
U.S. Army Signal Corps |
| 1948 |
WCKY - Cincinnati - Announcer |
| 1948 |
WKRC - Cincinnati Radio Show |
| 1948-1951 |
WSAI - Cincinnati Radio Show |
| April 4, 1951 to January 24, 1953 |
Philadelphia Radio Show |
| 1953 |
WLW Television Show - "Rear
Bumper" |
| 1953-1954 |
WLW - Cincinnati |
|
February 26, 1955 to April 1, 1977 |
WOR Radio - the bulk of his radio
career with various times and days over the years. Mostly as a 45
minute Monday to Friday show from 1961 to 1977 |
| November 25, 1960 - ? |
WOR TV - "Inside Jean Shepherd" 30
minute show |
|
1971-1984 |
NPR Radio |
| 1974? |
NBC Radio |
| 1977-1979 |
CBS Radio |
