Spending time with his family, his wife Ida and their five daughters, his grandchildren, performing and helping his fellow man. Eddie received several citations for his charitable work.
Perhaps the members of his appreciation society and his newer crop of fans. The first president of his fan club, Sheila Rogers Engelberg, is now joined with him.
Eddie was first a Broadway sensation with the Gus Edward's Kid Kabaret. His foray into films came with the silents, Kid Boots, Special Delivery, and a skit in Glorifying the American Girl. Eddie was a big star for Samuel Goldwyn in the 1930s, beginning with the two-strip color wonder, Whoopee!, taken from Florenz Ziegfeld's 1928 Broadway hit, Palmy Days, The Kid from Spain, Roman Scandals, Kid Millions, Strike Me Pink. For Fox he made, Ali Baba Goes to Town. Films in the 40s included If You Knew Susie, Hollywood Canteen and Show Business. In 1953, a mediocre biopic called The Eddie Cantor Story was released.Eddie joked that he liked the films of Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamar, and Dorothy Lamour. He also took his grandson, Brian Gari to see Three Stooges movies.
Eddie Cantor was a regular host for The Colgate Comedy Hour that featured guests like Joel Grey and Eddie Fisher, Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore.
Eddie wrote several books over his career including, Yoohoo Prosperity, Caught Short: A Saga of Wailing Wall Street, Between the Acts, The Way I See It, and Take My Life.
His Grandma Esther.