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- Cardis_Cardell_Willis abstract "Cardis Cardell Willis, better known as Cardell Willis, and often billed as C. Cardell Willis, was an influential Milwaukee comic. He was locally known mostly in the 1970s, 1980's, and 1990's. He went by the name Cardell socially and professionally, but used his formal name legally.Willis was born in 1937 either on April 20th, or August 3rd. The discrepancy is due to the remoteness of his hometown of Forest, Mississippi, and that births had to reported in the capital of Jackson at the time.He was mentor to Will Durst before his eventual fame in San Francisco, and Dobie Maxwell, as well as Richard Halasz, and Chris Barnes, all of whom are natives to Milwaukee.He eventually developed Alzheimers which robbed him of his ability to tell the storied jokes he was known for. He died on February 10, 2007 in a group home at age 69 after suffering two strokes. He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Milwaukee.A tribute show occurred to honor Willis' contributions, and generosity to his peers, and community. The MC was Dobie Maxwell, who called Willis his Comedy Father. The tribute show was donation supported and the remaining proceeds were given to the Boy Scouts of America, in which Willis was a Scoutmaster and had received the Silver Beaver Award.According to onmilwaukee.com, Mayor Barrett designated April 22, 2012, as Cardell Willis Day.".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthDate "1937-04-20".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthPlace Forest,_Mississippi.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthPlace United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthYear "1937".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathDate "2007-02-10".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathPlace Milwaukee.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathPlace United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathYear "2007".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis genre Black_comedy.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis genre Improvisational_theatre.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis genre Observational_comedy.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis genre Satire.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influenced Will_Durst.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Bill_Cosby.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy George_Burns.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Jack_Benny.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Lenny_Bruce.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Mort_Sahl.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Redd_Foxx.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Richard_Pryor.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influencedBy Rodney_Dangerfield.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis nationality United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis thumbnail CardellWillis.jpg?width=300.
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- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLink African-American_culture.
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- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:1937_births.
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- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Satire.
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- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Sociology_of_race_and_ethnic_relations.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Stand-up_comedy.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Stroke.
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- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Cardell Willis".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Cardis Cardell Willis".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis active "1990.0".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthDate "1937-04-20".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthPlace Forest,_Mississippi.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis birthPlace United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis caption "Willis on stage before a comeback on a heckler".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis dateOfBirth "1937-04-20".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis dateOfDeath "2007-02-10".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathDate "2007-02-10".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathPlace Milwaukee.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis deathPlace United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis genre "Satire, Observational comedy, Black comedy, Improvisational comedy, Character comedy".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis imagesize "220".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influenced "Will Durst, Dobie Maxwell, Richard Halasz, Chris Barnes".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis influences "Jack Benny, George Burns, Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, Rodney Dangerfield, and Mort Sahl".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis medium Stand-up_comedy.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis name "Cardis Cardell Willis".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis name "Willis, Cardis Cardell".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis nationality United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis placeOfBirth Forest,_Mississippi.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis placeOfBirth United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis placeOfDeath Milwaukee.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis placeOfDeath United_States.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis shortDescription "American comedian".
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis subject African-American_culture.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis subject Everyday_life.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis subject Family.
- Cardis_Cardell_Willis subject Human_sexuality.