Bennett Cerf

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Bennett Cerf was an American publisher, humorist, and co-founder of the publishing house Random House, known for popularizing many major 20th-century authors.

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Bennett Alfred Cerf 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
awardReceived Gold Medal for Humor of the American Legion
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
child Christopher Cerf
coFounded Random House
coFounder Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1898-05-25
dateOfDeath 1971-08-27
educatedAt Columbia University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
employer Random House
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Vinton Cerf
surface form: Cerf
fieldOfWork American literature
humor writing
publishing
fullName Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bennett Alfred Cerf
genre humor
givenName Bennett
hasInfluenced 20th-century American literature
American publishing industry
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Phi Beta Kappa Society
notableFor appearing on the television show "What’s My Line?"
popularizing major 20th-century authors
publishing modern literature
notableWork Shake Well Before Using
The Laugh’s on Me
Try and Stop Me
occupation humorist
publisher
television personality
writer
participantIn What’s My Line?
placeOfBirth Manhattan
New York City
surface form: New York

New York City
placeOfDeath Mount Kisco, New York
positionHeld chairman of Random House
president of Random House
religion Judaism
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
spouse Phyllis Fraser
Sylvia Sidney
workLocation New York City

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Random House foundedBy Bennett Cerf
Random House hasEditor Bennett Cerf
Bennett Cerf fullName Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bennett Alfred Cerf
Bennett Cerf coFounder Bennett Cerf self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Random House
Sylvia Sidney spouse Bennett Cerf
Try and Stop Me author Bennett Cerf
Shake Well Before Using author Bennett Cerf
Shake Well Before Using authorName Bennett Cerf
The Laugh’s on Me author Bennett Cerf
The Laugh’s on Me creator Bennett Cerf
What’s My Line? regularPanelist Bennett Cerf
subject surface form: What's My Line?