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Robert West LeMond, Jr. (April 11, 1913 – January 6, 2008) was an American radio and television announcer who was best known as the voice who announced for the television shows ''Leave It to Beaver'' and ''Ozzie and Harriet''. LeMond was also the announcer for the first radio sitcom by Lucille Ball, ''My Favorite Husband'', as well as for the first television pilot episode of ''I Love Lucy''. The peak of his announcing career spanned from the 1930s well into the 1960s.〔 ==Early life== Bob LeMond was born in Hale Center, Texas on April 11, 1913.〔〔 He was raised in Southern California,〔 and was reportedly a star football player at Long Beach Polytechnic High School,〔 as indicated by his winning letters in football and wrestling. After graduating, he sold classified advertising, drove trucks, and worked with a cement crew before beginning to work in radio.〔 〕 LeMond first became involved in radio announcing during the 1930s. He was selling advertising for the ''Los Angeles Herald-Examiner'' when his brother-in-law asked him to read a commercial for a radio show that his advertising agency was sponsoring.〔 This audition was performed live on the air, and LeMond was hired on the spot for a salary of $20 a week.〔 He worked at KEHE (later KECA) in Los Angeles in 1937-38 and at KYA in San Francisco in 1938-39〔 before being hired by CBS as one of its main announcers.〔 In 1942, LeMond was the announcer for ''The Second Mrs. Burton'' and ''Hollywood Showcase'' on radio. An October news report indicated that he would be the announcer for ''Lights Out'', but military service intervened. In October 1942, Lemond qualified to be a tower control operator with the United States Army Air Forces.〔 〕 He continued to announce even after entering the U.S. Army during World War II, where he worked for Armed Forces Radio from 1942 until 1946.〔 He ran the Mosquito Network, which broadcast to United States military personnel throughout the South Pacific.〔 After the Japanese surrendered, he was named manager and officer in charge of Radio Tokyo. He met his future wife, Barbara Brewster of the 20th Century Fox Brewster Twins, at a USO while stationed in New Caledonia.〔 Brewster and LeMond were married in 1946 after the end of World War II.〔 The couple eventually had three children together.〔 The marriage lasted for 59 years until her death in June 2005.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob LeMond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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