| 词条 | Grandma Lee |
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| name = Grandma Lee | image = Grandma Lee America's Got Talent.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Grandma Lee performing in 2009 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|5|29}} | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | medium = Stand-up comedy | nationality = American | active = c. 1999–present | spouse = Ben Strong (c. 1958–1995; his death); 4 children}} Lee Strong[1] (born May 29, 1934),[2] better known by her stage name Grandma Lee, is an American stand-up comedian and was a contestant on the fourth season of America's Got Talent. BackgroundShe was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1934. After graduating from Otterbein College in Ohio, she married a career Marine, Ben Strong. The couple moved around the world as he fulfilled his military duties, raising four children along the way. They were living in Homestead, Florida in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed their home. They moved to Jacksonville, where, in 1995, her husband died of cancer. They had been married for 37 years. Lee later took a buyout from her job as a phone operator for Bell South.[1] America's Got TalentIn 2009, she participated on the reality series America's Got Talent. Although she made it to the top 10, she was in the bottom 5 and was eliminated from the competition in the finale on September 16, 2009. She told People that “the material is based on the truth. I go up there and wing it… but I had to clean it up for the show. I won’t say a cuss word or anything to jeopardize [myself]. I can do clean or edgy.”[3] References1. ^1 {{cite web|last=Bull|first=Roger|title=Jacksonville's Grandma Lee shows she's 'Got Talent' — tonight on NBC|url=http://m.jacksonville.com/entertainment/tv/2009-09-01/story/jacksonvilles_grandma_lee_shows_shes_got_talent_—_tonight_on_nbc|publisher=Jacksonville.com|accessdate=April 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070037/http://m.jacksonville.com/entertainment/tv/2009-09-01/story/jacksonvilles_grandma_lee_shows_shes_got_talent_%E2%80%94_tonight_on_nbc#|archive-date=2016-03-04|dead-url=yes|df=}} 2. ^{{cite web|last=Katsilometes|first=John|title=Closing in on 76, Grandma Lee is speaking the universal language|url=http://m.lvsun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/may/04/closing-76-grandma-lee-speaking-universal-language/|work=Las Vegas Sun|accessdate=April 21, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2009/09/will-comedian-grandma-lee-win-americas-got-talent|title=Will comedian Grandma Lee win America's Got Talent?|publisher=Punchline Magazine|date=September 3, 2009|access-date=2010-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125092533/http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2009/09/will-comedian-grandma-lee-win-americas-got-talent#|archive-date=2010-01-25|dead-url=yes|df=}} External links
7 : 1934 births|America's Got Talent contestants|American stand-up comedians|Living people|People from Jacksonville, Florida|People from Oklahoma City|American women comedians |
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