Bert Parks, an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America Pageant telecast. Born Bert Jacobson in Atlanta, Georgia, Parks got his first broadcasting job at age sixteen, for Atlanta's WGST radio. He moved to New York when he was nineteen. He was hired as a singer and straight man on "The Eddie Cantor Show" before becoming a CBS radio staff announcer. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Bert Parks. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Parks
(bio by: Ron Moody) Cause of death: Lung Cancer Search Amazon for Bert Parks Burial: Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6274927
(bio by: Ron Moody) Cause of death: Lung Cancer Search Amazon for Bert Parks Burial: Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6274927