Bill Cosby’s Public Life in Photos

  • Bill Cosby performs on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
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  • A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1965.
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  • Bill Cosby poses with his Emmy for his role in I Spy at the Primetime Emmy Awards in New York City in 1966.
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  • A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1969.
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  • Bill Cosby performs on The Second Bill Cosby Special in 1969.
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  • Bill Cosby attends the "Concert at Town Hall" at Town Hall in New York City in 1971.
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  • Bill Cosby as Chet Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show.
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  • Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable in The Cosby Show.
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  • Bill Cosby is interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1992.
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  • Bill Cosby speaks to an audience on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in 2006, in Washington D.C.
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  • Host Bill Cosby speaks onstage at the 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation awards gala atThe Waldorf Astoria in 2011 in New York City.
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  • Bill Cosby attends the 2011 Temple University Commencement at the Liacouras Center in 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa.
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  • Bill Cosby attends the 2014 American Comedy Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 26, 2014 in New York City.
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By TIME Photo
December 5, 2014 2:22 PM EST

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