What is Bob Trendler?
[[File:Bob Trendler.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Trendler in 1968]] '''Robert Trendler''' (May 11, 1912 – July 18, 2011) was an American bandleader, songwriter, television actor and musical director. He worked for the [[WGN-TV|WGN Orchestra]] from 1956 to 1975. Trendler was known in [[Chicago]] as Mr. Bob the bandleader of Bozo's Big Top Band, on [[The Bozo Show|''Bozo's Circus'']].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-21/news/ct-met-trendler-obit-20110721_1_musical-director-ringmaster-ned-choral-director|title=Bob Trendler, 1912-2011|author=Myer, Erin|date=July 21, 2011|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2018-06-18|archive-date=2015-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309004436/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-21/news/ct-met-trendler-obit-20110721_1_musical-director-ringmaster-ned-choral-director|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]. Trendler died on July 18, 2011 in [[Ellenton, Florida]] of [[cardiopulmonary arrest]] at the age of 99.<ref name=obit/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trendler, Bob}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest]] [[Category:American bandleaders]] [[Category:American songwriters]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Musicians from Ohio]] [[Category:Writers from Ohio]] [[Category:Actors from Cincinnati]] [[Category:Musicians from Chicago]] [[Category:Writers from Chicago]] [[Category:Actors from Chicago]] {{US-actor-stub}}