What is Robert Ripley?
[[File:Robert Ripley.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Ripley in September 1940]] '''LeRoy Robert Ripley''' (February 22, 1890 – May 27, 1949) or '''Mr. Ripley''' was an [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]], [[entrepreneur]] and amateur [[Anthropology|anthropologist]], who created the world famous ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' newspaper panel series, radio show, and television show which feature odd 'facts' from around the world. Ripley was born on December 26, 1890 in [[Santa Rosa, California]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/293/000113951/ NNDB biography of Robert L. Ripley<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was married to [[Beatrice Roberts]] from 1919 until they divorced in 1926. Ripley lived in [[New York City|New York City, New York]], [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], [[Bedford, Iowa]], and in Santa Rosa, [[California]]. Ripley died on May 27, 1949, in New York City, New York from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], aged 58. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0728020}} *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1399 Robert Leroy Ripley's grave] *[http://www.staugustine-ripleys.com/about/bio.php Ripley biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413040321/http://www.staugustine-ripleys.com/about/bio.php |date=2009-04-13 }} *[http://www.ripleyentertainment.com/ Ripley Entertainment] {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ripley, Robert}} [[Category:1890 births]] [[Category:1949 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American television personalities]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:American inventors]] [[Category:American cartoonists]] [[Category:American anthropologists]] [[Category:Businesspeople from California]]