Flip Wilson

Social : None | Joined group 1950 (U.S. Air Force) | Social : None | Left group 1954 (Discharged from Air Force) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1957 (First wife, Peaches) | Relationship : None | Divorce dates 1957 (Peaches) | Social : None | Great Publicity 1965 (Spot on "The Tonight Show") | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1970 (TV series, "The Flip Wilson Show") | Work : None | Prize 1970 (Emmy for writing comedy album) | Work : None | Prize 1971 (Emmy for writing) | Work : None | End Major Project 1974 (TV series, "The Flip Wilson Show") | Relationship : None | Marriage 1979 (Second marriage, Cookie Mackenzie) | Crime : None | Arrest 1981 (Cocaine possession, charges dismissed) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1984 (TV series, "People Are Funny") | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1985 (TV series, "Charlie & Co.") | Work : None | End Major Project 1986 (TV series, "Charlie & Co.") | : None | Death by Disease 25 November 1998 in Malibu (Liver cancer, age 64) | Traits : Mind | Education limited (Quit school in eighth grade) | Traits : Personality | Humorous, Witty | Traits : Personality | Loved by all (Great popularity) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer (Liver, terminal) | Family : Childhood | Disadvantaged (In and out of foster homes) | Family : Childhood | Family large (13 kids) | Family : Childhood | Parents divorced (Age seven, when mom abandoned family) | Family : Relationship | Marriage less than 3 Yrs (First marriage, one year) | Family : Relationship | Number of Divorces (Two) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Three) | Family : Parenting | Hardship - Little money (Estranged from two sons) | Family : Parenting | Kids - Noted (One son golf pro) | Family : Parenting | Kids -Traumatic event (Golf pro son, accident/quadrapalegic) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Outdoors (Riding motorcycles) | Passions : None | Drug business (Charges dropped, illegal evidence) | Personal : Death | Illness/ Disease (Liver cancer) | Vocation : Business | Business owner (Co-owner of show) | Vocation : Entertainment | Actor/ Actress | Vocation : Entertainment | Comedy | Vocation : Entertainment | TV host/ Personality ("Flip Wilson Show," others) | Vocation : Military | Military service (U.S. Air Force) | Vocation : Travel | Pilot/ private (Hot air/helium balloons) | Notable : Awards | Emmy ("The Devil Made me Buy This Dress") | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession