Erma Bombeck

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkb:Comedian
gptkb:Journalist
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:1996
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1965
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
National Women's Hall of Fame Inductee
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Bellbrook,_Ohio
gptkb:Dayton,_Ohio
gptkbp:born February 21, 1927
gptkbp:cause_of_death Kidney cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Andrew_Bombeck
gptkb:Lisa_Bombeck
gptkb:Erin_Bombeck
Matthew Bombeck
gptkbp:column At Wit's End
gptkbp:died April 22, 1996
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Dayton
gptkbp:famous_for Humorous writing about suburban family life
humorous essays about suburban family life
gptkbp:famous_quote “ I think I am a very lucky person. I have a wonderful family, a great career, and I have a lot of fun.”
“ I am not a glutton. I am an explorer of food.”
“ There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”
“ The grass is always greener over the septic tank.”
“ Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.”
“ A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”
“ When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, ' I used everything you gave me.'”
“ I have a great sense of humor about myself. I think I’m a riot.”
“ If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.”
“ The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.”
" There is no such thing as an ordinary life."
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, ' I used everything you gave me.'"
" If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it."
" The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
" I think I am a better person because I have been a mother."
gptkbp:genre gptkb:non-fiction
gptkb:humor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Erma Bombeck
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Oprah_Winfrey
gptkb:David_Sedaris
humor writing
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:James_Thurber
gptkb:Dorothy_Parker
gptkb:Robert_Benchley
gptkbp:known_for Books on family and domestic life
Writing humorous newspaper columns
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy Cultural icon of American family life
Influence on modern humorists
Pioneer for women in humor writing
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Grass_Is_Always_Greener_Over_the_Septic_Tank
gptkb:If_Life_Is_a_Bowl_of_Cherries,_What_Am_I_Doing_in_the_Pits?
A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Speaker
gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Phoenix,_Arizona
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Dayton,_Ohio
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bill_Bombeck
gptkbp:website www.erma Bombeck.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nora_Ephron
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4