Who was Jack Benny?
If anyone asked you who Benjamin Kubelsky was, you would probably shake your head and not know. Yet if someone asked you who Jack Benny was, the name would bring instant recognition of the comedian of radio and television. Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago, Illinois on February 14, 1894 and livedin Waukegan. It was while a boy in Waukegan that he learned the violin, which he used as a comedic prop so effectively in later years.
