| 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 |
| |
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 |
|
| December 3,
1960 -1967 |
Lois Nettleton (source:
IMDB / Nettleton Estate)
|
| 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 |
