The career of comedian Danny Thomas began on radio in the 1940’s  playing the brother-in-law Amos on The Bickersons with stars Don  Ameche and Francis Langford. Danny is best know for the TV sitcom  The Danny Thomas Show (Make Room for Daddy). It ran from 1953 to   1957 on ABC and on CBS from 1957 to 1964. Thomas is the founder  of ST. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He died on February 6,  1991 of heart failure.