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*** ,1876
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March 11, 1944 (67 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Celebrities born on June 23
Born in 1876
Born in Paducah, Kentucky
Cancer named Irvin
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First name Irvin
Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb is an American author, comedian, publisher, and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who moved to New York City in 1904 and lived there his entire life. He wrote for the New York World, the Joseph Pulitzer newspaper, as the highest paid journalist in the United States. Cobb has also written over 60 books and 300 short stories. Some of his works have been adapted into silent films. Some of his Judge Priest short stories were adapted in the 1930s for two feature films directed by John Ford.
BornIrvin Shrewsbury Cobb, June 23, 1876, Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1944, New York City, New York, U.S.
SpouseLaura Spencer Baker, (1900–1944)
ChildrenElisabeth Cobb (b. 1902)

About Irvin S. Cobb

Journalist Irvin S. Cobb was born in Paducah, Kentucky, United States on June 23, 1876. He dies at the age of 67, on March 11, 1944.

He was a prolific journalist and short story writer who is best known for his comedic works Old Judge Priest (1915) and Speaking of Operations (1916). (1916). The Woman Accused, a popular short tale, was made into a film starring Movie Actor Cary Grant.

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Irvin S. Cobb before becoming famous

Irvin S. Cobb was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1876 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rat (鼠).

He began his journalism career at the Paducah Daily News in his hometown of Kentucky when he was seventeen years old. Later, he contributed pieces to the Saturday Evening Post about World War I.

Achievement of Irvin S. Cobb

Director John Ford turned his short stories Judge Priest (1934) and The Sun Shines Bright (1953) into pictures.

Irvin S. Cobb's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1900, he married Laura Spencer Baker. In her memoir, My Wayward Parent, published in 1945, his daughter, Elisabeth Cobb, recalled her relationship with dad.

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He dabbled with horror literature, and two of his works, published in 1911 and 1923, inspired some of Novelist H.P. Lovecraft's most well-known works.

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Irvin S. Cobb Income & Net worth

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