3-4868 00668 .”?f1»87 I. Mark Whitaker M * * I ll LARGE PRINT EDITION Cosby . + * This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H. Cosby HIS LIFE AND TIMES Mark Whitaker THORNDIKE PRESS A part of Gale, Ceng age Learning •\ gale t% CENGAGE Learning' Farmington Hills, Mich • San Francisco • New York • Waterville, Maine Meriden, Conn • Mason, Ohio • Chicago • GALE *«* CENGAGE Learning* Copyright © 2014 by Mark Whitaker Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Thorndike Press® Large Print Nonfiction. The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged. Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition. Set in 16 pt. Plantin. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Whitaker, Mark. Cosby : his life and times / by Mark Whitaker. — Large print edition. pages cm — (Thorndike press large print nonfiction) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-4104-7295-3 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 1-4104-7295-7 (hardcover) 1. Cosby, Bill, 1937- 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. 3. Actors—United States—Biography. 4. Large type books. I. Title. PN2287.C632W55 2014b 792.7’6028092—dc23 [B] 2014021178 Published in 2014 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc. Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 18 17 16 15 14 For my mother, Jeanne Theis Whitaker And in memory of my grandmother, Edith McColes Whitaker