Bob Homme

Robert "Bob" Homme, CM (March 8, 1919 – May 2, 2000) was an American-born television actor, best known as the host of The Friendly Giant, a popular Canadian children's television program from the 1950s through the 1980s, which was broadcast on CBC Television.

Homme became a citizen of Canada in the early 1990s, holding dual U.S.-Canada citizenship, and was invested into the Order of Canada as a Member on November 2, 1998 in Grafton, Ontario. As Homme was too ill to travel, the Governor General came to him (instead of making Homme come to Rideau Hall where the award is usually bestowed), thus allowing him the postnominal C.M.

Homme stood 5 foot, 11 inches tall.

The authorized biography of Robert Homme, called Look Up - Way Up, was written by Grant D. Fairley.

Family

Homme's step-granddaughter is singer and voice actress Emilie-Claire Barlow.

Homme's son, Toronto jazz bassist Richard Homme, died May 6, 2011.

Death

Homme died on May 2, 2000 of prostate cancer. He was 81 years old.

References

Homme

Homme is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway, and the region around it.

Popular culture

The forests around Homme have their own segment in David Attenborough's documentary, Planet Earth, in episode 11, Seasonal Forest.

Homme (surname)

Homme is a Norwegian language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

See also

Homme by David Beckham

Homme by David Beckham is a men's eau de toilette fragrance endorsed by English footballer David Beckham. The scent, which was released by Coty, Inc. in September 2011, joined his existing scents David Beckham Instinct (2005) and Intimately Beckham (2006), a his-and-hers collection with his wife Victoria Beckham. The fragrance was launched as part of a new branding venture with business partner Simon Fuller, which also included a men's bodywear line and a number of other projects to capitalize on Beckham's worldwide commercial appeal.

The fragrance is based on wooden and spicy notes, while still giving off a fresh and clean smell. It includes top notes of citrus, ginger, pine and pepper; heart notes of cashmere wood, leather and rosemary and base notes of mahogany wood, patchouli and skin musk.

Conception

It was announced on 19 May 2011 that David Beckham and his business partner, Simon Fuller, would be launching a men's bodywear line, a men's fragrance (with licensing partner Coty, Inc.), and a number of other projects to capitalize on Beckham's worldwide commercial appeal. The fragrance, entitled Homme by David Beckham, would join existing scents David Beckham Instinct (2005) and Intimately Beckham (2006), a his-and-hers collection with his wife Victoria Beckham. Steve Mormoris, senior vice president of global marketing for Coty Beauty, told Women's Wear Daily that the fragrance is a strategic launch for Coty that represents "a key new orientation for the David Beckham fragrance brand — getting back to the male roots of the brand, enhancing David as an athlete and an aspirational man and building a new pillar to the David Beckham franchise." Speaking of the new venture, Beckham said: