September 22, 1921

Bob Burns, a popular radio and movie personality of the 1930s and 1940s, who became widely known as a “hillbilly” philosopher and created a unique musical instrument that sounded like a “wounded moose,” married his first wife—Elizabeth Fisher, who died in 1936. The couple had one child. During his career, Burns worked in radio, played on Paul Whiteman’s show, appeared with Bing Crosby on NBC’s Kraft Music Hall radio show, starred in movies, and appeared with many other well-known performers such as Rudy Vallee and Dick Powell.