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Sorrell R Booke 1930 - 1994

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Updated: March 20, 2023
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Sorrell R Booke (1930 - 1994)
Full legal name
Sorrell R Booke
Last Known Residence
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California 91423
Born
January 4, 1930
Buffalo, Comté d'Érié County
NY, États-Unis
Death
February 11, 1994
Sherman Oaks
Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County
CA, États-Unis
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Sorrell R Booke of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California was born on January 4, 1930 in Buffalo, Comté d'Érié County, NY États-Unis, and died at age 64 years old on February 11, 1994 at Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, California. Sorrell Booke was buried at Hillside Memorial Park 6001 W Centinela Ave, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

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Sorrell Booke was born in Buffalo, New York in 1930, the son of a local physician. He found his calling early in life, like most actors, when his family encouraged him to entertain relatives by doing impressions and telling jokes. He went on to study at Yale and Columbia University, and mastered five languages. During the Korean War, Booke worked in counter-intelligence where his lingual talents served him well. His intelligence and subtlety are often overlooked when considering his signature role as Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg during his run on Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979). He died of cancer in 1994 just after his 64th birthday.


Has two children: Alexandra and Nicholas
Was only slightly overweight and had to wear a fat suit to play Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard, making him five feet around.
According to John Schneider in the DVD commentary for the first episode of "The Dukes Of Hazzard", Sorrell could speak fluent Japanese. He recounts that in one episode, Booke and guest star Andrew Robinson, who also spoke Japanese, played a trick on James Best (Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane) where they spoke all of their dialog in a scene in Japanese, thus leaving Best confused.
Ex-wife, Miranda, is the daughter of Hubert Renfro (H.R.) Knickerbocker (1898-1949), a Pulitzer prize-winning war correspondent.
Was a close friend of his Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979) costar James Best (1926-2015).
A graduate of Yale and Columbia University, Booke spoke five languages fluently. This would have been an asset to him as an officer in the counterintelligence services during the Korean War.
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Spouse Miranda Knickerbocker (6 September 1958 - 1973) (divorced) (2 children)

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colorectal cancer
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Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, CA États-Unis
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Sorrell Booke passed away at age 64 years old on February 11, 1994 at Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, California, and was buried at Hillside Memorial Park 6001 W Centinela Ave, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. Sorrell R Booke of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California was born on January 4, 1930 in Buffalo, Comté d'Érié County, NY États-Unis.

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Sorrell R Booke lived 7 years shorter than the average Booke family member when he died at the age of 64.
The average age of a Booke family member is 71.
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In 1930, in the year that Sorrell R Booke was born, on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

In 1952, at the age of 22 years old, Sorrell was alive when on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.

In 1975, at the age of 45 years old, Sorrell was alive when on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.

In 1987, at the age of 57 years old, Sorrell was alive when on October 19th, stock exchanges around the world crashed. Beginning in Hong Kong then spreading to Europe, the crash then hit the United States. It was called Black Monday. The Dow Jones fell 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%).

In 1994, in the year of Sorrell R Booke's passing, on May 6th, former political prisoner, lawyer, and activist Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President of South Africa. He was 75 when he was elected and he served one five-year term.

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