The former Dolores Hope, born in the Bronx, was singing in a Manhattan nightclub under the professional name Dolores Reade when newcomer Bob Hope, after a performance in a Broadway show, walked into the club with the dancer George Murphy. Hearing Reade sing “It#39;s Only a Paper Moon,” Hope said to Murphy, “I#39;m going to marry her.” He did, Feb. 19, 1934. Dolores Hope, the radiant wife of comedian Bob Hope, died peacefully Monday morning at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif., a family friend con
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Dolores Hope dies at 102
