Bob Crane: Life & Legacy: June 2021

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Review of 'Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane' [Podcast]

Today, June 29, 2021, marks 43 years since Bob Crane's tragic murder. A few weeks ago, Linda Groundwater was featured in the Reelz program Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane as one of Bob's official biographers. In this episode of our podcast, Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane, we provide an in-depth review of this 'Autopsy' episode.

Special thanks to Robert Scott Crane, who is our featured guest in this podcast episode, and to another source who has chosen to remain anonymous at this time.

Rest in peace, Bob. As long as we can continue to help people see and understand your true story, as Linda says in our podcast, "We'll keep working."

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Monday, June 14, 2021

Autopsy: The Last Hours of...Bob Crane [Preview of Episode Review]

Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Bob Crane, featuring Linda Groundwater as an expert on Bob Crane's life and coauthor of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography, premiered last night (Sunday, June 13, 2021). Now that the episode has aired, we have some things to say.

To recap, Linda did a fantastic job in the episode. She provided some perspective about Bob's life and balanced out some of the negative stuff. Kudos to Linda! TV interviews are tough, and she was brilliant.

Autopsy got a lot of things right, and for that (as well as the scientific nature of the program), it was one of the more evidence-based shows that Reelz typically produces.

But Autopsy also got some things wrong, and those parts need clarification and addressing.

Mind you, just because we don't like to focus on Bob's murder and sex addiction in our work about him, it most certainly does not mean we don't know the details about it or thoroughly understand it.

We'll be discussing all of this in our next episode of Flipside: The True Story of Bob Crane. Stay tuned.

Listen to "010. Review of ‘Autopsy: The Last Hours of Bob Crane’ – Preview" on Spreaker.

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Bob Crane [Reelz Network; June 13, 2021]

Autopsy: The Last Hours of... Bob Crane
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021
Time: 9:00 p.m. EDT
Featuring: Linda J. Groundwater, co-author of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography and official Bob Crane co-biographer

On June 13, 2021, Autopsy: The Final Hours of... with Dr. Michael Hunter, will show the episode delving into the life and death of Bob Crane. Although we all know how Bob died, a bit of insight into his life and his struggles and successes would help give a bit of a fuller picture. The English production team interviewed Linda Groundwater in Australia as part of the larger program last November, and Linda spent a bit of time dispelling myths and correcting long held false information.

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Praise for Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography

"...nothing short of amazing."

—Danny Lyons, operations manager, WICC/WEBE, Bridgeport, CT

"Carol Ford and company have ripped the lid off the real story of Bob Crane."—Marakay Rogers, Broadway World

"If you're a Bob Crane fan, this book is a must."—Kevin Doran, owner, WLEA, Hornell, NY

"...the most extensive biography I've ever read about a movie or TV actor. I'm impressed with the amount of research the authors did over the last 12 years."—Bill Dillane, NHTV, North Haven, CT

"TRULY DEFINITIVE... One of the best Hollywood-related books I have seen."—James Zeruk, Jr., author, Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide

"...can serve as an inspiration for anyone seeking to understand the often double world of the sex addict."—Susanne A. Quallich, ANP-BC, NP-C, CUNP, FANNP, University of Michigan Health System; Member, Urologic Nursing Journal Editorial Board; Expert on Men's Sexual Health

"There are many biographies in the world of literature, and this is certainly up there with the best of them."—Dean Mardon, radio host, Napier, New Zealand

"Ford and her colleagues have exhaustively researched every conceivable detail of Bob Crane's life."—Cindy Vitto, PhD, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Official National Radio Hall of Fame Campaign for Bob Crane

Formerly 'Vote For Bob Crane.'
The late legendary radio personality, musician, actor, and director Bob Crane, also known for his role on Hogan's Heroes, is being considered for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Support for his induction was submitted by his colleagues in radio. Bob Crane's nomination is officially endorsed by WICC 600 AM in Bridgeport, CT; WLEA 1480 AM in Hornell, NY; WATR 1320 in Waterbury, CT; the Connecticut Broadcasting History Organization, and members of the Columbia Square (KNX) Alumni Group. This effort is supported by members of Bob Crane's family, as well as his close friends and colleagues in music, radio, television, film, and theatre. Founded, owned, and managed by Carol M. Ford, author of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography, in 2011.

Vote For Bob Crane

Vote For Bob Crane was created because the National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) allows public voting as part of their selection process. Thus, we needed to raise and build public awareness so people could literally vote for Bob Crane for his posthumous induction. Public voting was suspended in 2012 and then re-established in 2015. You can show your support by nominating Bob Crane via the NRHOF website.

Our work on Bob Crane's behalf has grown to include the publication of Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography and our 2017 podcast The Bob Crane Show: Reloaded. In 2018, we began work on a new project, in collaboration with a producer. Therefore, we changed our name to Bob Crane: Life & Legacy.

About Us

For most of her life, campaign manager Carol Ford, a professional editor and author, has been an advocate of Bob Crane's. This led to her collaboration with Linda Groundwater and Dee Young in researching a serious biography about Bob,. More than 200 individuals from Bob's life—including family, close friends as far back as grade school, and coworkers in radio, television, theatre, and film—contributed, and on September 7, 2015, Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography was published. The book is available through all major book retailers worldwide.

After getting to know Bob Crane's family and many of his dearest and trusted friends on a personal level, in February 2011, Carol nominated Bob for the National Radio Hall of Fame. He has, to date, not been inducted; however, the Steering Committee has assured us that our nomination for Bob has been retained on file and will be considered for future classes. We will continue to petition the Steering Committee for Bob Crane's posthumous induction in the National Radio Hall of Fame.