Jack Benny was one of the most famous names in show business. As a child,Benny learned to play 1        violin. After finishing school,he joined the Navy. He continued using his violin to perform for sailors. In one show he was chosen more for his funny jokes 2        for his skill with the violin. That experience made him believe that his future job was a comedian.

Benny developed a show personality that had all the qualities people disliked. He was known 3        being too stingy―he refused to spend any money 4        forced to do so. On his shows Benny often spoke of his appearance,especially his baby blue eyes. Benny rarely made jokes that hurt other people. 5      ,he would let the other actors on the show tell jokes about him.

In real life,he was very generous and he was a person people liked having 6        their employer. Benny entered the new media of television in 1950. Five years later,he dropped his radio programme to spend more time7       (develope) his television show. At first his appearances on television were rare. By 1960 the Benny Show8       (be) a weekly television programme. It continued until 1965.

Benny received many awards during his lifetime. Perhaps 9       pleased him most was that his hometown of Waukeegan named a school after him. This was a special honour for a man who had never finished high school.

Benny continued to perform. He died10       cancer in 1974. At his funeral his friend Bob Hope said, "Jack Benny was stingy to the end. He gave us only eighty years."

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