Name: | Dolores Hope |
Occupation: | Pop Singer |
Gender: | Female |
Birth Day: | May 27, 1909 |
Death Date: | Sep 19, 2011 (age 102) |
Age: | Aged 102 |
Birth Place: | New York City, United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Gemini |
Dolores Hope
Brief Info
Singer, philanthropist, and wife of comedian Bob Hope who was with him for sixty-nine years.
Trivia
Family Members
# | Name | Relationship | Net Worth | Salary | Age | Occupation |
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#1 | Anthony J. Hope | Children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#2 | Eleanora Hope | Children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#3 | William Kelly Francis Hope | Children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#4 | Linda Hope | Children | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
#5 | Bob Hope | Spouse | $150 Million | N/A | 100 | Media |
Does Dolores Hope Dead or Alive?
As per our current Database, Dolores Hope died on Sep 19, 2011 (age 102).
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Before Fame
She worked as a model before beginning her singing career.
Biography
Biography Timeline
She was born Dolores L. DeFina on May 27, 1909, in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood of Italian and Irish descent, and was raised in the Bronx. After the death of her bartender father, Jack DeFina, in 1925, her younger sister, Mildred, and she were raised in the Bronx by their mother, Theresa DeFina (1890–1977), who worked as a saleslady in a drygoods store.
During the 1930s, after working as a model, DeFina began her professional singing career, adopting the name Dolores Reade on the advice of her agent. On October 26, 1933, she appeared as vocalist on two Joe Venuti and His Orchestra recordings of ‘Heat Wave” and “Easter Parade”. (It was issued on Banner 32879, Melotone M-12828, Canadian Melotone 91649, Oriole 2783, Perfect 15838, Romeo 2156, and “Heat Wave” was also issued on British Decca F-5202.) In 1933, after appearing at the Vogue Club, a Manhattan nightclub, Reade was introduced to Bob Hope. The couple reportedly were married on February 19, 1934, in Erie, Pennsylvania. They later adopted four children from The Cradle in Evanston, Illinois: Eleanora, Linda, William (Kelly), and Anthony (d. 2004). “She was a woman of her words and a fine singer. Bob and Dolores were the talk of many people back in those holy days,” says a friend, Malory Thorn. Bob and she celebrated their birthdays on May 28 every year – splitting the difference between their respective real birthdays.
In the 1940s, Dolores began helping her husband on his tours entertaining U.S. troops overseas, and she continued to do so for over 50 years. In 1990, she was the only female entertainer allowed to perform in Saudi Arabia.
Hope was an honorary board member of the humanitarian organization Wings of Hope. On May 29, 2003, Dolores was at her husband’s side as he celebrated his 100th birthday; he died two months later on July 27, 2003. They had been married for 69 years, which at the time was the longest Hollywood marriage on record. The following year, Bob and Dolores’ younger son, Anthony Hope, died at the age of 63. He was father to two of the Hope grandchildren, Miranda of Washington and Zachary of Santa Monica.
On October 21, 2008, at 99, she was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, California, after suffering a suspected stroke. Her publicist released a statement indicating that she spent less than four hours at the hospital, where she underwent routine testing.
In 2009, Dolores Hope became a centenarian; her birthday was featured on The Today Show, with her elder son saying in an ABC interview, “I think of her as love.”
On May 29, 2010, she was quoted as saying to local press, of her 101st birthday, “I’m still recovering from my 100th birthday bash, so I’m going to keep this year’s celebration much quieter.” On May 27, 2011, she celebrated her 102nd birthday at her California residence.
She died of natural causes at her home in Toluca Lake, California, on September 19, 2011. She had been in relatively good health until a few months before her death.
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