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    Mark Whitaker on ‘Cosby: His Life and Times’

    Author and journalist Mark Whitaker has written a new biography of a giant of American comedy. Kim Masters talks with Whitaker about what is and isn’t in the book on Bill Cosby’s life and career.

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    By Kim Masters • Oct 11, 2014 • 28m Listen

    When it debuted 30 years ago, The Cosby Show was an instant success. From its very first episode it was number one across the networks. The popularity of The Cosby Show is just one aspect journalist Mark Whitaker explores in the life of Dr. Bill Cosby in a new biography on the renowned comedian and pitch man. Kim Masters talks to Whitaker about Cosby’s business savvy as well as the allegations of sexual assault that Whitaker left out of his book.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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